How important are the different types of lines in writing? (feddit.de)

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In language school, our Japanese teacher told us that in Japanese writing, the type of stroke that you use is important. When learning Kana or Kanji, we should always take special note of Tome, Harai and Hane.

By now, I am wondering, how important that really is. Are there Kanji that you can only differentiate by the type of stroke? I imagine that it might be important when writing by hand, just because it will look strange.

For those who don't know about the different types of lines, this page explains it quite well.

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[-] VioletTeacup@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I think it's important for handwriting, but how often do you actually handwrite anything these days? You can read or type just fine without it.

[-] barry@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

That’s a good point. I think you'll be fine most of the time, but there are still some cases where you have to write manually. For example, when filling out registration forms.

[-] VioletTeacup@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I actually forgot about paper forms, but true! Depending on how much time you have, you could probably get away with using a dictionary, but having a few common characters or radicals memorised would probably be better.

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