Here are links to stroke-order animations for a small set of similar characters which I realized I'd gotten confused about. Hopefully it's helpful for someone else, and doesn't cause anyone to become confused! [-:

七
匕
北
兆
比

thx!

[Katsuo]

I'd write 比 this way.

Katsuo Wrote:I'd write 比 this way.

me too..

Thanks! It really is helpful. I was confused by 兆 ._.

SammyB Wrote:

Katsuo Wrote:I'd write 比 this way.

me too..

I can't see the animation on the tufs page, but I'd think the first stroke should be left to right, not right to left. Is that how it is on that page?

JimmySeal Wrote:

SammyB Wrote:

Katsuo Wrote:I'd write 比 this way.

me too..

I can't see the animation on the tufs page, but I'd think the first stroke should be left to right, not right to left. Is that how it is on that page?

Yeah, i'm pretty sure left to right is the "correct" stroke order.

omg the nana and saji have been driving me crazzy.
I'm gonnna add them to my heisig deck in the format of

front: 七　（なな）　　匙（さじ）　
back:

なな＝左右　⇢
さじ＝右左　←

whenever you have doubt just copy the kanji onto google with "stroke order"

there is a chinese site called VisualMandarin that has the stroke order for every kanji I've searched so far.

eg

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=%E6%A...=firefox-a

http://www.visualmandarin.com/tools/chin...rder/41016

zigmonty Wrote:

JimmySeal Wrote:

SammyB Wrote:me too..

I can't see the animation on the tufs page, but I'd think the first stroke should be left to right, not right to left. Is that how it is on that page?

Yeah, i'm pretty sure left to right is the "correct" stroke order.

Yep that's what it says in my kanji practice book for Japanese kids

midonnay Wrote:whenever you have doubt just copy the kanji onto google with "stroke order"

there is a chinese site called VisualMandarin that has the stroke order for every kanji I've searched so far.

eg

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=%E6%A...=firefox-a

http://www.visualmandarin.com/tools/chin...rder/41016

Chinese stroke order isn't always the same as japanese, though I have no idea how common this is. One example is 必

Chinese:
Japanese:

I've always been checking stroke order from http://jisho.org, but it has few mistakes as well (with RTK1 kanji, jisho has maybe 3-5 errors in stroke order that I noticed).