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. 膻 is filed under 肉 (meat) — radical number 130 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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膻 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) たん; kun'yomi (native Japanese) きも.
膻 is written with 17 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 膻 is 肉 (meat), radical number 130 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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