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stroke order
The correct order in which the strokes of a kanji or kana character should be written.
筆順を覚える。
To learn the stroke order.
この漢字の筆順を間違えていた。
I had been writing this kanji in the wrong stroke order.
小学校では漢字の筆順を正しく教えることが重視されている。
In elementary school, teaching the correct stroke order for kanji is considered important.
FORMATION: 筆 (writing brush, writing) + 順 (order, sequence).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 筆順を覚える: to learn stroke order
- 正しい筆順: correct stroke order
- 筆順を間違える: to get the stroke order wrong
- 筆順辞典: stroke order dictionary
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 筆順: stroke order (more common term)
- 書き順: stroke order (more colloquial synonym)
- 画数: stroke count (number of strokes, not their order)