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. 隋 is filed under 阜 (mound) — radical number 170 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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隋 means Name Of A Chinese Dynasty, Remains Of Scarifice, Bury, Fall, Sag.
隋 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) ずい、すい、た、だ.
隋 is written with 12 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 隋 is 阜 (mound), radical number 170 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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