I just did the lesson for 糾, and as I was writing it out, I noticed the vine radical was written differently than the previous kanji we see it in: 収. Wanikani (Smoldering Durtles) shows 丩, 糾, and 叫 all written with three strokes, while 収 has two, and is also written in the opposite direction from the others:
Is there a reason that 収 is written differently? I’m fully prepared for “Because that’s just the way it is.” But if there is a specific reason, I’m curious to know.
I looked on wiktionary, because sometimes it will show how a kanji’s writing has evolved, and I saw that it shows two strokes for 叫:
Even though it has two strokes here, they’re in the opposite order than in 収.
On Jisho, the vine radical doesnt exist at all, neither with two nor three strokes. Instead, it’s a varation of the stick radical:
But Wiktionary shows it’s origin, and it has two strokes:
Why are there so many different ways to write it? Are they different radicals, or just variations? Is it even a real radical in the first place? Am I looking to deep into this? (<-yes)