Stroke order
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Chinese characters consist of different strokes as basic parts. These strokes are written in a mostly distinct order called the stroke order and have a distinct stroke count.
The stroke order in the writing of Chinese characters is important e.g. for calligraphy or students learning new characters and is normally fixed as there is only one possible stroke order for each character. Further more there is a fixed set of possible strokes and these strokes carry names.
As with character decomposition the stroke order and stroke count depends on the actual rendering of the character, the glyph. If no specific glyph is specified, it will be deduced from the current character locale.
The set of strokes as defined by Unicode in block U+31C0-U+31EF is supported. Simpler subsets might be supported in the future.
The stroke order of some characters is disputed in academic fields, a fact that should be supported here in the future. A current workaround would be adding another glyph definition, showing the alternative order.
[edit] Stroke count
| TODO | Importance of stroke count for indexing. Depends on locale. Radical indexing and remaining count. |
[edit] Strokes
| Stroke | Abbreviation | Chinese name |
|---|---|---|
| ㇀ | T | 提 |
| ㇁ | WSG WG |
彎鉤 彎豎鉤 |
| ㇂ | NG XG |
斜鉤 捺鉤 |
| ㇃ | BXG | 扁斜鉤 |
| ㇄ | SWH SW |
豎彎 豎彎橫 |
| ㇅ | HZSZH HZZ |
横折折 橫折豎折橫 |
| ㇆ | HZSG HZG |
横折鉤 橫折豎鉤 |
| ㇇ | HZP HP |
横撇 橫折撇 |
| ㇈ | HZWG | 横折彎鉤 |
| ㇉ | SZWG | 豎折彎鉤 |
| ㇊ | HZSZT HZT |
横折提 橫折豎折提 |
| ㇋ | HZSZHZP HZZP |
横折折撇 横折竖折横折撇 |
| ㇌ | HPWG | 横撇彎鉤 |
| ㇍ | HZSWH HZW |
横折彎 橫折豎彎橫 |
| ㇎ | HZSZHZS HZZZ |
横折折折 横折竖折横折竖 |
| ㇏ | N | 捺 |
| ㇐ | H | 横 |
| ㇑ | S | 豎 |
| ㇒ | P | 撇 |
| ㇓ | SP | 豎撇 |
| ㇔ | D | 點 |
| ㇕ | HZS HZ |
横折 橫折豎 |
| ㇖ | HG | 横鉤 |
| ㇗ | SZH SZ |
豎折 豎折橫 |
| ㇘ | SWZ | 豎彎左 |
| ㇙ | SZT ST |
豎提 豎折提 |
| ㇚ | SG | 豎鉤 |
| ㇛ | PZD PD |
撇點 撇折點 |
| ㇜ | PZH PZ |
撇折 撇折橫 |
| ㇝ | TN | 提捺 |
| ㇞ | SZHZS SZZ |
豎折折 竖折横折竖 |
| ㇟ | SWG | 豎彎鉤 |
| ㇠ | HXWG | 横斜彎鉤 |
| ㇡ | HZZZG | 横折折折鉤 |
| ㇢ | PG | 撇鉤 |
| ㇣ | Q | 圈 |
| TODO | Good examples of occurrences in glyphs. Link to similar strokes that can be confused easily. |
