Beaviss
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I used to ignore stroke order. Who cares if I write left to right or right to left? The character looks the same, right? Wrong. Learning proper stroke order transformed my writing.
The official Shanghai government website explains that stroke order follows universal rules: top to bottom, left to right, outside to inside . These aren't arbitrary—they make writing faster and more balanced.
Benefits of correct stroke order:
If you're still ignoring stroke order, give it a chance. Future you will write faster and better!
The official Shanghai government website explains that stroke order follows universal rules: top to bottom, left to right, outside to inside . These aren't arbitrary—they make writing faster and more balanced.
Benefits of correct stroke order:
- Characters look more natural and proportional
- Muscle memory develops faster
- You can use handwriting input on phones (it recognizes correct order!)
- Reading cursive styles becomes easier
- Left-right structure: left part first (好, 你)
- Top-bottom structure: top part first (字, 草)
- Enclosed characters: outside before inside, close frame last (国, 回)
If you're still ignoring stroke order, give it a chance. Future you will write faster and better!
I thought it was just teachers being pedantic. Then I tried to use a handwriting app on my phone to look up a character and spent five minutes angrily drawing the same radical over and over while it gave me nothing but gibberish. That's when I realized the app was smarter than me. 
You're 100% right, Beaviss. It's not about being a perfectionist; it's about unlocking the cheat codes for writing.
