Ordering phenomenon · tradForm and radicalForm
Kanji Morphology

Stroke order · ordered realization

筆順 · tradForm and radicalForm

tradForm and radicalForm

Groups marked kvg:tradForm or kvg:radicalForm in the jōyō main files: the stroke span in the host, the element’s stroke count and letter-stripped type sequence beside that element’s own file, where the group sits, and whether the same group also carries kvg:variant, kvg:partial, or kvg:original.

These are counts in one KanjiVG snapshot. A count is not a rule. tradForm and radicalForm are attributes on the group. The notes say what radicalForm’s value true is for. They do not say what tradForm’s value true means, and the page reports that marking. The page makes no claim about why a mark is there, and no claim about meaning beyond those notes.

Cinnabar marks the group’s strokes on the host, once they have been drawn. On the standalone plate, cinnabar marks the kept strokes when the group’s letter-stripped sequence is a subsequence of the element’s own file. The tint is data-stroke-highlight. A plate without it is not recolored. Click a plate to replay. With reduced motion the finished character stays still, and the color stays. The draw timings are unchanged. The plate stays cream in either theme.

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How the two marks are read

tradForm group
radicalForm group
Element
Original
Own file
Reference
Stroke span
The group’s strokes in the host’s -sN order. A contiguous run is written sN–sM. One stroke is written sN.
Stroke count kept
The group has as many strokes as the element’s own file.
Shorter
Fewer strokes than the element’s own file.
Longer
More strokes than the element’s own file.
Equal
The letter-stripped type sequences are the same tuple.
Subsequence
The group’s letter-stripped sequence is a subsequence of the reference, and the two tuples differ.
Not a subsequence
The letter-stripped sequence is not a subsequence of the reference. The page names no kept set for that group.
Order kept
First
One unbroken run, starting at stroke 1, with some other stroke still to come.
Last
One unbroken run, ending on stroke N, with some other stroke already written.
Split
In the middle
One unbroken run that is neither the start nor the end.
The whole character
The group contains every stroke. It is not counted as first or as last.
Host
A jōyō character whose file contains the group. One host can contain more than one group.
Part

Which groups carry a mark

Set Count

Every group

tradForm

The total row adds the group’s strokes. It also counts the rows that carry variant, partial, and original. The element’s own stroke count is not a sum. Part pieces of one element stay on separate rows.

Host Part Element Span Group strokes Element strokes Stroke count Type sequence Place kvg:variant kvg:partial kvg:original

radicalForm

Host Part Element Span Group strokes Element strokes Stroke count Type sequence Place kvg:variant kvg:partial kvg:original

The type strings

tradForm

Host Part Element Group types Element types Type sequence

radicalForm

Host Part Element Group types Element types Type sequence

Stroke count and type sequence

Mark Kept Shorter Longer Equal Subsequence Not a subsequence Total

Where the group sits

Mark First Last Split In the middle The whole character Total

Depth in the group tree

Depth Groups

Hosts

Groups in the host Hosts

Position

kvg:position Groups

Variant, partial, and original

Mark With variant No variant Partial With original Total

Part numbers

Part tradForm radicalForm Total

kvg:radical on the same group

kvg:radical tradForm radicalForm Total

By element

Hosts, groups, and the five places add to the row, and the total row adds those columns. Each element here has one host, so the hosts column adds to the hosts on the page. The element’s stroke count is not a sum. The original is the kvg:original string, not a count.

Element Mark Own file Strokes Hosts Groups kvg:original First Last Split In the middle The whole character

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