Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.
The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 忄 is filed under 心 (heart) — radical number 61 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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忄 means Heart, Standing Heart Radical Variant (no. 61).
忄 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) しん; kun'yomi (native Japanese) こころ.
忄 is written with 3 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 忄 is 心 (heart), radical number 61 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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