Stroke order of the grass radical

[davoosh]

Hello,

I have recently been confused by the stroke order of the grass radical, especially in traditional characters.

I first learnt to write it the 'hong kong' way, which is to say 'down stroke+horiztonal, down stroke+horizontal.'

I then checked the Taiwanese order, and it seems to be 'down stroke+vertical, but then horizontal+down stroke'.

Which variant is more commonly used? (When I write fast, I tend to just use the simplified stroke order and I'm sure many people do the same, but I was just wondering out of curiosity).

[Hofmann]

If you want common, it's merging them into horizontal, vertical, vertical.

If you want correct, vertical, horizontal, horizontal, vertical (video).

[davoosh]

Thanks, very interesting.

I've seen a variation where on the second 'horizontal+vertical' part, the horizontal stroke extends through the vertical stroke. Is this also correct?

[Hofmann]

Of course. This family (田蘊章, 田英章, 田雪松) just doesn't think it matters whether it looks like 艹 or 卝 (as in 茍, 夢, 雚).