Stroke Order
To write の, begin slightly above the center, stroke downward diagonally, then upward, and then curve around as indicated by the arrows.
To write ノ, simply do a swooping curve from top-right to bottom left.
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Famous quotes containing the words stroke and/or order:
“The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.”
—Ecclesiasticus Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus, 28:17-8.
“When a person hasn’t in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good cold in order to lose his equilibrium and begin to see an owl in every bird, to hear a dog’s bark in every sound.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)