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. 渊 is filed under 水 (water) — radical number 85 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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渊 means Edge.
渊 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) えん、かく、こう; kun'yomi (native Japanese) ふち、かた.い、はなわ.
渊 is written with 11 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 渊 is 水 (water), radical number 85 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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