Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.
Animation shown for the standard form 開, which 开 is a variant of.
The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 开 is filed under 廾 (arch) — radical number 55 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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开 means Open, Initiate, Begin, Start.
开 is written with 4 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 开 is 廾 (arch), radical number 55 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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