Order depth vs stroke rank

How a stroke is counted

Depth

The depth at which the stroke is realized, the same depth as on Valence at every depth. Depth 1 is the character group, the group whose id is kvg: and five hex digits. Each enclosing component group is one deeper. A run of paths adds no depth. A stroke is counted at the node whose stroke-run slot contains it, and not again under an ancestor. This page does not repeat that page’s arity table.

Rank

k/n. Stroke k is the path numbered k. n is the number of strokes. Stroke 1 is the first stroke. Stroke n is the last.

Rank tenth

The bin b in 0..9 such that k/n lies in (b/10, (b+1)/10]. In integers, b = ⌈10k/n⌉ − 1. The table lists the right edge of that bin. The last stroke is in the last tenth. A first stroke is in the first tenth only when n is at least 10. This is the same cut as on Stroke tempo by rank.

Early, middle, late

The early third is k/n in (0, 1/3], the middle third is (1/3, 2/3], and the late third is (2/3, 1]. In integers, early when 3k ≤ n, middle when 3k ≤ 2n, and late otherwise. A one-stroke character has rank 1, so its only stroke is late. These are the same thirds as on Stroke tempo by rank.

The deepest strokes

The strokes whose depth equals the greatest depth of any stroke in that character. A node that realizes no stroke does not give a stroke a greater depth.

The tie rule

When two or more strokes share that greatest depth, the earliest stroke number is the one classified. The character is early, middle, or late according to the third of that stroke. A character whose deepest strokes fall in more than one third is a split. The earliest stroke still decides its class. Because that stroke is the earliest, a split is never classed late.

Mean depth

The mean of the integer depths in a tenth, rounded half up to a thousandth. The total row is the mean of every stroke, not the mean of the ten rows.

A small group

Counts and means only. No conclusions are drawn from small groups. A stroke count with fewer than 30 characters is a small group. The table by stroke count lists a row only when the group has at least 30 characters. A smaller group stays in the other counts. Order by component count and Stroke count and order measures leave a small group as a count. A count there is not a rule of stroke order, and it does not say what a character means. The same is true here.

Other pages

Valence at every depth counts slot arity down the tree. This page uses that page’s stroke depth and does not repeat the arity table. Stroke tempo by rank bins length by the same tenths and the same thirds. This page does not repeat that table.

Mean depth by rank tenth

The ten stroke counts add to the strokes. The total row’s mean is the mean of every stroke, not the mean of the ten rows. Counts and means only. No conclusions are drawn from small groups.

Where the deepest strokes fall

Each character is in one third, the third of its earliest deepest stroke. Agree and the split column add to the characters. The three character counts add to 2,136. The deepest-stroke column counts every stroke at that greatest depth, in its own third. Those three counts add to the deepest strokes. They are not the character counts. Counts only. No conclusions are drawn from small groups.

By stroke count

A row is listed when the stroke count has at least 30 characters. On each row, early, middle, and late add to the characters. The shown row adds the listed rows. It is not the jōyō total. The characters below 30 stay in the paragraph. Counts only. No conclusions are drawn from small groups.

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