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Posts tagged Cross Language from the Hanzi Write Practice team.

Ink-wash mountains and pavilions with cranes in flight under the calligraphy 山水清音, illustrating Japanese kanji versus Chinese hanzi stroke order differences in a tracker app
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Japanese Kanji vs Chinese Hanzi Stroke Order

Kanji and hanzi often share a character but write it in a different stroke order. Here is where they diverge and how to retrain your hand for Chinese.

Lawrence Arya··5 min
Chinese ink-wash mountains and pavilions with cranes in flight under the calligraphy 山水清音, illustrating HSK writing and Japanese kanji stroke order
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Does HSK Penalize Japanese (Kanji) Stroke Order?

If you learned characters as Japanese kanji, switching to HSK raises a real worry. Here is how stroke order and Japanese character forms actually affect HSK writing, and how to adjust.

Lawrence Arya··5 min