Japanese kanjis and Chinese characters: a request for comparative stroke order


Because the first stroke order for Chinese characters was codified in [Han
period](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script), the sequence of
strokes was a subject to change during the time. If my memory serves me right,
even simplified and traditional characters do have some difference in stroke
orders when written in Chinese.

Do all the modern Japanese kanjis have the same stroke order as their Chinese
peers, or are there some differences?

If yes, then are these differences regular or separate for each kanji/Chinese
character pair? My intuition is that there might be some difference, but I am
not sure. Any reference to a resource might be of a great help, sorry.




Certainly there are some characters that have different stroke orders. As for
traditional Chinese characters, there are a few radicals that you should watch
out for:

**糸**

In Japanese, the last three strokes are written: middle, left, right. In
Chinese, it's left, middle, right.

**田**

In Japanese, the vertical stroke is written before the last two horizontal
strokes. In Chinese, it's written as if the middle part were 土.

**王**

The same story as 田.

**母**

In Japanese, the horizontal line is written after the two dots. In Chinese,
the top dot is written, then the horizontal line, then the lower dot.

**馬**

In Japanese, the middle vertical stroke is written before all the horizontal
strokes (except the top one, of course). In Chinese, the middle two horizontal
strokes are written, then the vertical stroke, then the last horizontal stroke
with the hook thing.

**必**

In Japanese, you write the ノ immediately after the topmost dot (which is
written first instead of the leftmost one) of 心, and then finish writing 心. In
traditional Chinese, you write 心 first and ノ last (however, I think the
Chinese stroke order is highly variant between regions).

* * *

In addition, there are other whole characters that have different stroke
orders, like 鬱, that are pretty much unpredictable. Unfortunately, I can't
give you any resources that highlight these differences (resource questions
are off-topic, and I can't find one anyway).

There are differences from simplified Chinese characters too, like 着, but in
general it's a little harder to compare Japanese characters to simplified
Chinese characters.

