Stroke order of cross in kana


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why is the stroke order of the cross in あ、お、か、き、け、さ、す、せ、た、な、は、ほ、ま、む、や、よ、ら、を is
first horizontal, then vertical, (like in the Chinese 十 (shi2) (ten)), whereas
in ね、も、れ、わ it is vertical and then horizontal?




Firstly, for ね、れ、わ, the second stroke isn't really just a horizontal stroke,
so it's unfair to compare it to あ. The second stroke of ね、れ、わ goes on to
change direction and curl later on. Try doing the second stroke first then
aiming the vertical stroke. Your mileage may vary.

Then for も, in its katakana form モ has the horizontal stroke first. I refer
you to this question: [Why is the stroke order of も
peculiar?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/4149/why-is-the-
stroke-order-of-%E3%82%82-peculiar)




Firstly, for ね、れ、わ, the second stroke isn't really just a horizontal stroke,
so it's unfair to compare it to あ. The second stroke of ね、れ、わ goes on to
change direction and curl later on. Try doing the second stroke first then
aiming the vertical stroke. Your mileage may vary.

Then for も, in its katakana form モ has the horizontal stroke first. I refer
you to this question: [Why is the stroke order of も
peculiar?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/4149/why-is-the-
stroke-order-of-%E3%82%82-peculiar)

