Short strokes in the order

How a short stroke is counted

The short tenth

Across all strokes, not inside one character. The cutoff is the smallest stored length C such that the strokes of length at most C, times 10, number at least as many as the strokes in the list. Every stroke of length C is in the tenth. The strokes strictly shorter than C, times 10, fall short of the list.

Dots set aside

A dot is a stroke whose letter-stripped kvg:type is ㇔, the same test as on Dots in the order. ㇔a is a dot. ㇔/㇏ is not a dot. A stroke with no type is not a dot. The short strokes on this page are the short tenth with the dots removed.

A long stroke

The same cut, taken from the long end. The cutoff is the largest stored length C such that the strokes of length at least C, times 10, number at least as many as the strokes in the list. Every stroke of length C is long.

An ordinary stroke

A stroke in neither tenth. A dot is not ordinary. A dot is counted as a dot.

Rank tenth

The bin of k/n. b = ⌈10k/n⌉ − 1, so k/n lies in (b/10, (b+1)/10]. The helper is rank_tenth in tools/stroke_start.py. Ten bins. Stroke 1 of a ten-stroke character is the first bin. Stroke 1 of a two-stroke character is the fifth bin, because 1/2 is 0.5.

First, middle, last, sole

On a character of more than one stroke, first is k = 1, last is k = n, and middle is strictly between them. Sole is the one stroke of a one-stroke character. The four rows add to the short strokes.

The stroke just before

A short stroke with k = 1 has no predecessor. Otherwise the predecessor is stroke k−1. It is long when that stroke is in the long tenth, short when it is another stroke of this page’s set, a dot when its letter-stripped type is ㇔, and ordinary otherwise. The five rows add to the short strokes.

What the neighbouring pages count

Stroke length and order records every stroke’s arc length and where the long strokes fall. The last stroke against the character mean, and the rank correlation, stay there. Stroke tempo by rank records length at every rank k/n, and the ratio of a stroke to the next. It does not keep only the short tenth. Dots in the order counts every letter-stripped ㇔. This page removes those dots from the short tenth. The stroke-type inventory counts every type. It is not limited to the short strokes. Hook strokes selects a stroke because its type ends in a hook.

How many short strokes

Where in the order

First, middle, and last

The stroke just before

Which type

Plates