Depends on what you want to do, do you generally need stroke order? No
But it helps with reading handwriting
Only if u want to learn to handwrite
If not u can skip it
The general rule with stroke order is top to bottom left to right
So, i did some stroke order stuff, which gave me the general way stroke orders typically go. Which is helpful in counting strokes for looking up words and such, but I don’t see the value in it for every kanji.
But after you have the jist of how they are typically written out, I think think it would be a waste if time compared to grammar, vocab, listening, ect.
There are general rules that usually work for getting the stroke order correct without memorizing each character separately:
If your goal is to teach reading and writing IMO you should 100% include stroke order for every Kanji if you make an app. Even the anki deck I use has stroke orders ( in the form of a little animation).
There’s general rules that work out 99% of the time, but if there’s a kanji shape you are unfamilliar with, you’re better of checking it online. Changing you’re stroke order after you found it was wrong is a hassle.
I find stroke order to be the easiest thing to memorize about a kanji cause usually it just makes sense.
Stroke order is helpful for writing new kanji you haven’t seen before since stroke order tends to follow a set of rules. Even if you don’t intend to write kanji long term, writing during learning helps significantly with memorization.
I can’t recommend the Kanji! app enough.
There are some general rules.
Horizontal strokes before vertical strokes, Left curve before right curve (stroke order for 木 is ー|ノ\, for example)
Kanji are written from the top down and from left to right (stroke order for 夜 is 亠亻ノ叉, for example)
For kanji with a middle part and outer part like 圓 (円), you write part of the outer bit, then the middle bit, then “close off” the kanji. ( stroke order for 圓 is | (一亅)員一, for example)
strokes in parentheses should be written as a single stroke, they are unable to be displayed as such due to technical limitations
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Depends on what you want to do, do you generally need stroke order? No
But it helps with reading handwriting
Only if u want to learn to handwrite
If not u can skip it
The general rule with stroke order is top to bottom left to right
So, i did some stroke order stuff, which gave me the general way stroke orders typically go. Which is helpful in counting strokes for looking up words and such, but I don’t see the value in it for every kanji.
But after you have the jist of how they are typically written out, I think think it would be a waste if time compared to grammar, vocab, listening, ect.
There are general rules that usually work for getting the stroke order correct without memorizing each character separately:
https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/kanji-stroke-order/
If your goal is to teach reading and writing IMO you should 100% include stroke order for every Kanji if you make an app. Even the anki deck I use has stroke orders ( in the form of a little animation).
There’s general rules that work out 99% of the time, but if there’s a kanji shape you are unfamilliar with, you’re better of checking it online. Changing you’re stroke order after you found it was wrong is a hassle.
I find stroke order to be the easiest thing to memorize about a kanji cause usually it just makes sense.
Stroke order is helpful for writing new kanji you haven’t seen before since stroke order tends to follow a set of rules. Even if you don’t intend to write kanji long term, writing during learning helps significantly with memorization.
I can’t recommend the Kanji! app enough.
There are some general rules.
Horizontal strokes before vertical strokes, Left curve before right curve (stroke order for 木 is ー|ノ\, for example)
Kanji are written from the top down and from left to right (stroke order for 夜 is 亠亻ノ叉, for example)
For kanji with a middle part and outer part like 圓 (円), you write part of the outer bit, then the middle bit, then “close off” the kanji. ( stroke order for 圓 is | (一亅)員一, for example)
strokes in parentheses should be written as a single stroke, they are unable to be displayed as such due to technical limitations