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. 隹 is filed under 隹 (short tailed bird) — radical number 172 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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隹 means Bird, Old Bird Radical (no. 172).
隹 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) さい、すい; kun'yomi (native Japanese) とり.
隹 is written with 8 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 隹 is 隹 (short tailed bird), radical number 172 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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