It's also weird for Japanese, typically the stroke order adheres to a certain logic, althought there are many exceptions (very roughly: top to bottom, left to r

It's also weird for Japanese, typically the stroke order adheres to a certain logic, althought there are many exceptions (very roughly: top to bottom, left to right, trace a horizontal line before crossing it, do one stroke at a time, except for right angles angling downwards on the right).