Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.
Animation shown for the standard form 養, which 养 is a variant of.
The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 养 is filed under 八 (eight) — radical number 12 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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养 means Raise, Rear, Bring Up, Support.
养 is written with 9 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 养 is 八 (eight), radical number 12 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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