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. 蘂 is filed under 艸 (grass) — radical number 140 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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蘂 means Pistil, Stamen.
蘂 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) ずい; kun'yomi (native Japanese) しべ.
蘂 is written with 19 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 蘂 is 艸 (grass), radical number 140 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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