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. 垰 is filed under 土 (earth) — radical number 32 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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垰 means Mountain Pass, Ancient Kuni, Low Ground, (kokuji).
垰 is read kun'yomi (native Japanese) たわ、とうげ、たお、あくつ.
垰 is written with 9 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 垰 is 土 (earth), radical number 32 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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