Stroke order for han-dakuten

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Is there one? Or does it even matter? I personally start at the top and go clockwise. Just curious.

Update: I realized the other day that the reason I start at the 12-o'clock position and go clockwise is because this is the same motion (more or less) used when writing あ, お, め, ぬ, の, etc.

I start at the top and go anti-clockwise. – Flaw Jan 05 '12 at 03:12 — Flaw, Jan 05 '12 at 03:12

silvermaple · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-05T03:09:16.443

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Well, a han-dakuten isn't a kanji, so I would say that it doesn't matter one way or another. However, the actual kanji 〇 has a "stroke order" (stroke direction?) of a single stroke starting at the top and going counter-clockwise. (Link) So, if 。 does have one, my bet is that's what it is.

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answered Jan 05 '12 at 02:48

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That being said, I always go clockwise... – silvermaple Jan 05 '12 at 03:16
Lol!! What kanji is that 〇 btw? – Jan 05 '12 at 15:56
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@Chocolate It's "zero" or "circle" (as in what is used for correcting papers) http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BC%A2%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%97#.E3.80.87.E3.80.81.E9.9B.B6 It's a relatively new kanji, as these things go, apparently. Also, I'm not sure why this answer was downvoted: I provided a source to back up what I said, I answered the question, I can't guarantee it's correct, but Comments are not for Answers: http://meta.japanese.stackexchange.com/q/593/921 – silvermaple Jan 05 '12 at 16:56
Lol, I don't see why your answer was downvoted either. Well we usually don't call 'zero'/'circle' a kanji so I got a bit confused. Thanks for the feedback anyway. – Jan 05 '12 at 17:13
@Chocolate, It is sort of a grey area, that's true! I remember a big O being drawn with ink and brush on a car commercial once, so I figured there had to be an "official" way of writing it... – silvermaple Jan 05 '12 at 18:07
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Why does whether han-dakuten is kanji or not matters? Kana letters have stroke orders, too. – Tsuyoshi Ito Jan 06 '12 at 15:15

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '21 at 13:45

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This blog post refers to an elementary school text book for the writing order of a 半濁点. It starts from 6 o'clock and goes around clockwise.

answered Sep 12 '21 at 13:45

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That is how I learned to write it back in first-grade as well. – Sep 12 '21 at 16:12
I can agree on that. I also write 。(句点) in same way as well. – Skye-AT Sep 12 '21 at 19:19

Stroke order for han-dakuten

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