Kanji Stroke Order Guide

[kibjap]

Hi all,

I don't think this has been mentioned specifically in any of the posts, having glanced through.
I've noticed that whilst there seems to be a lot of online (or otherwise) material for memorising kanji and it's etymology, I haven't run across anything that helps with the stroke order.
As I'm quite new to kanji, I'm wondering if there are any generic tips on stroke order- and resources which give a clear indication of stroke order for any given character (much as I am aware that there are thousands of kanji out there!).

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu

Kib

[isaacsol]

Hoi~ Kib

Something I recommend that you should get is the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary (講談社漢英学習字典 [Lit. Kodansha Kanji to English Learning Dictionary]). It has most of the commonly used Kanji with their readings, their stroke order and compound (onyomi) and kunyomi readings. It makes learning Kanji much easer.

Here is a link to it on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Kodansha-Kanji-Learners-Dictionary/dp/4770028555/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261664762&sr=8-1

[qiastale4820]

Kanji learning tools (free):
http://zkanji.sourceforge.net/ - animated stroke order, dictionary, etc

http://wakan.manga.cz/ dictionary, stroke order, mouse over pop-up

audio, stroke order - animated gifs
http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html

[Javizy]

An iPod Touch will make your life so much easier. If you don't have the money for one now, I'd say forget about the dictionary and put the £20 towards one and continue saving until you do.

If you're interested in learning kanji, check out some of the threads on http://forum.koohii.com/index.php The site itself is based around Remembering the Kanji by Heisig, and provides everything you need to get through it quickly. It teaches stroke order in a progressive fashion, so when you get to more complicated characters you already know how to write the parts they are comprised of.

[taikutsu]

As far as a website with stroke order, this is by far the best I have ever seen:

http://www.yamasa.org/ocjs/kanjijiten/e ... index.html

It not only has the stroke order, but the stroke direction, and a sample of handwriting. I've found this very useful in learning to write characters correctly. It seems to have a complete or near complete index of the current Joyo Kanji, as well. I hope this helps.

[kibjap]

Thanks for all the Suggestions.
I've ordered the learner dictionary- really looking forward to it. Some of the sites were a blast. Will find this really handy!

Cheers!

Kib

[Ben Bullock]

I've noticed that whilst there seems to be a lot of online (or otherwise) material for memorising kanji and it's etymology, I haven't run across anything that helps with the stroke order.
As I'm quite new to kanji, I'm wondering if there are any generic tips on stroke order- and resources which give a clear indication of stroke order for any given character (much as I am aware that there are thousands of kanji out there!).

kanji.sljfaq.org/kanjivg/ contains stroke order information for all of the JIS level one and two kanji (about six thousand characters in total). This is based on the KanjiVG project's data. (Disclaimer: this is my website.)