Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.
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The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 嚏 is filed under 口 (mouth) — radical number 30 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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嚏 means Sneeze.
嚏 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) てい; kun'yomi (native Japanese) くしゃみ、くさめ、くさみ、はな.ひる、ひ.る.
嚏 is written with 17 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 嚏 is 口 (mouth), radical number 30 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.
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