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Why does this have an 'extra' drop on the 'road' primitive but in the book there is no such extra one

which is right?

[Katsuo]

See this thread.

Ah sorry to pollute the forum. Thanks!!

I have another issue:

言

I took 3 years of chinese school, and while I forgot 90% of it, I do remember this kanji.

However I remember learning it with a drop on top and 3 lines and then the box, instead of 4 lines and a box.

Further googling shows inconsistency in this topic.

Which one is more accurate?

You could use this site to check for correct handwriting: http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjid...enDocument
The first picture is the printed style, the second is what you should aim for when writing by hand, and the third is what it will become like as you develop cursive writing.
Other characters which differ considerably between printed and handwritten versions include 心, 人, 入, 令 and the corresponding compounds.

zachandhobbes Wrote:However I remember learning it with a drop on top and 3 lines and then the box, instead of 4 lines and a box.

It looks pretty consistent in my book - all the stroke order diagrams drop at the top. Their printer font, however, renders the first four strokes as a funky AT&T logo looking thing, and is best shunned.

Thanks guys. I asked my mom and she said the same thing, the drop on top is the best way to write it. It was just inconsistent because the character on the side had 4 lines and the stroke diagram had a drop+3.

Also thanks Lionel, for the note about those other ones. Especially 人 which I learned in from immersion but always confused me how it was written differently sometimes.

That primitive actually is handwritten with the first stroke being a horizontal line when it is in characters such as 這.

If you´re copying characters from your computer screen, I suggest you use the kanji stroke order font or similar. It would just be wierd to write in printer font.

i haven't been writing that drop at the top,actually i have been writing in printing style since i started and im already more than half way through:S

phantombk201 Wrote:i haven't been writing that drop at the top,actually i have been writing in printing style since i started and im already more than half way through:S

Cool! I'd like to see your handwriting when your kanji studies are complete. It will be so legible, since it'll be indistinguishable from a computer printout.

Haha yeah, your handwriting will be really neat, but it will take longer to write :o the sacrifices of having girly - I mean good - handwriting...

Mushi Wrote:Cool! I'd like to see your handwriting when your kanji studies are complete. It will be so legible, since it'll be indistinguishable from a computer printout.

I wouldn´t bet on that.

It´ll just be wierd, I tells ya.