Is it acceptable in Japanese to write kanji characters in the Chinese style?


In Japanese, is it acceptable to write kanji letters in the Chinese style? For
example, is it acceptable to write 田 with the 3rd and 4th strokes swapped, or
着 with the 6th and 7th strokes combined?




I feel that at the extremes of stroke order perfection foreigners always seem
to be better than native Japanese, maybe because there are just too many who
make it a pastime to know all stroke orders for all sorts of obscure 漢字.
Unless you are dealing with a 書道 teacher (or school teacher), the general
focus is more on whether you are able to remember all strokes correctly, no
matter what order. Now 田 is a primary two 漢字 and an exception to one of the
first rules "if a horizontal line crosses a vertical line, the vertical line
is written first, by which it would be more sensible to write 冂 > 土 and not 冂
> ｜ > 二. But because it is the archetypal exception to stroke order, I would
say that all Japanese do remember 田, but a few might get caught up in 荘 or 我,
especially if you make them think about it. (The Japanese obviously will have
a better kinetic memory than you. You might enjoy [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/7038/what-is-the-role-
of-%E7%A9%BA%E6%9B%B8-writing-kanji-in-the-air-in-modern-japanese) about 空書.)

Stroke order is one thing, but combining strokes is practical and the
foundation for most styles of 書道. Combining strokes is what must happen
naturally. (They are still conceptually 12 strokes in a particular order, even
if you didn't lift your pen/brush between stroke 6 and 7.)

In any case you are still wondering, regarding the reaction especially to the
first blunder, I think @ssb put it quite well in his comment.

