Chinese and Japanese characters also have cursive traditions. The normal handwritten form of a character often looks significantly different to its printed form

Chinese and Japanese characters also have cursive traditions. The normal handwritten form of a character often looks significantly different to its printed form. Lines that are separate in print form become one squiggly line in cursive form, so stroke order is pretty important. For example, this is 私, a pronoun to refer to yourself in Japanese: http://db.yamasa.org/ocjs/kanjidic.nsf/a7397e6ad510cc2a49256a540015678a/7c4151e908c9dc0e49256a90002ec0ea?OpenDocument http://db.yamasa.org/ocjs/kanjidic.nsf/a7397e6ad510cc2a49256...