# Stroke order script?Or manual is only way? **URL:** \ **Category:** Requesting Help\ **Created:** [July 9, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747 "2019-07-09T18:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EndOfTheGlory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/endoftheglory/32/259105_2.png) [@EndOfTheGlory](https://community.wanikani.com/u/EndOfTheGlory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/1 "2019-07-09T18:50:28Z")
Hello!I am starting using wanikani,but the most crucial of it’s problem in my opinion is no stroke order.I’ve heard there were some scripts out there,but I can only find old ones,which are not working.Can someone help me to find the scriptr or must I just go by [jisho.org](http://jisho.org)? Also,I am only level one,but I’d like to ask:will there be audio later in wanikani or should I somehow make everything myself?Hell of work then,I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/2 "2019-07-09T18:57:40Z")
I’m not sure which stroke order script is the best one, but I’m sure someone can recommend one. As for audio, all vocabulary items have audio already. Kanji items don’t have audio because kanji don’t have one single pronunciation. They have many potential readings, and since they aren’t words they lack things like a pitch accent, so recording audio for them would be difficult and potentially misleading. ---
**Author:** ![Kumirei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kumirei/32/480522_2.png) [@Kumirei](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kumirei)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/3 "2019-07-09T19:00:18Z")
I like this one > [@\[Unsupported\] \[Userscript\] Stroke Order Diagram](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-stroke-order-diagram/5040): > > Inserts stroke order diagrams from Jisho into reviews, lessons and kanji pages. That’s all! [https://greasyfork.org/scripts/723-wanikani-stroke-order](https://greasyfork.org/scripts/723-wanikani-stroke-order)exclamationexclamationexclamation THIS VERSION OF THE SCRIPT IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED. GO TO [[Userscript] Stroke Order Diagram](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-stroke-order-diagram/46724) FOR THE NEW VERSION exclamationexclamationexclamation This script cost me a fortune - viet created a dev account for me so I could test the script during lessons, but I forgot to tell him to also … ---
**Author:** ![EndOfTheGlory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/endoftheglory/32/259105_2.png) [@EndOfTheGlory](https://community.wanikani.com/u/EndOfTheGlory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/4 "2019-07-09T19:00:54Z")
Thanks!So,how must I look for possible translations in wanikani?When I go through lessons,I can’t find some button for more information or something like that.Than I can only copy to [jisho.org](http://jisho.org) ? ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/5 "2019-07-09T19:02:14Z")
> [@EndOfTheGlory](#): > > Thanks!So,how must I look for possible translations in wanikani?When I go through lessons,I can’t find some button for more information or something like that.Than I can only copy to [jisho.org](http://jisho.org) ? I’m not sure what you mean by that. All items on WK have an associated “meaning” and usually a list of synonyms, if applicable. ---
**Author:** ![EndOfTheGlory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/endoftheglory/32/259105_2.png) [@EndOfTheGlory](https://community.wanikani.com/u/EndOfTheGlory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/6 "2019-07-09T19:03:11Z")
> [@Leebo](#): > > y that. All items on WK have an associated “meaning” and usually a list of I am going through radicals and some of them can be read in on-yomi,but reading is not given(person,woman,ect.) ---
**Author:** ![EndOfTheGlory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/endoftheglory/32/259105_2.png) [@EndOfTheGlory](https://community.wanikani.com/u/EndOfTheGlory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/7 "2019-07-09T19:04:19Z")
Thank you,but I’ve already tried,it gives me an error.Have you the same problem when downloading,pehaps?Maybe issue lays in the firewall? ---
**Author:** ![Kumirei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kumirei/32/480522_2.png) [@Kumirei](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kumirei)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/8 "2019-07-09T19:04:51Z")
Use a script handler, such as Tampermonkey. Installing scripts directly into your browser is not necessary ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/9 "2019-07-09T19:04:51Z")
> [@EndOfTheGlory](#): > > > [@Leebo](#): > > > > y that. All items on WK have an associated “meaning” and usually a list of > > I am going through radicals and some of them can be read in on-yomi,but reading is not given(person,woman,ect.) Radicals are building blocks for kanji. They have no readings, they are just pieces of kanji that are used to make memorable stories (mnemonics) when you get to the kanji items. Sometimes a whole radical also looks like a kanji on its own, especially early on, but that is the exception. ---
**Author:** ![EndOfTheGlory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/endoftheglory/32/259105_2.png) [@EndOfTheGlory](https://community.wanikani.com/u/EndOfTheGlory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/10 "2019-07-09T19:17:21Z")
I understand that,but isn’t 人 a person and also a radical?So this radical isn’t a kanji 人?Just the same-looking?And we will be later learning this separately? ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/11 "2019-07-09T19:19:27Z")
> [@EndOfTheGlory](#): > > I understand that,but isn’t 人 a person and also a radical?So this radical isn’t a kanji 人?Just the same-looking?And we will be later learning this separately? Yes, there is a radical 人, a kanji item 人, and a vocabulary item 人. The radical 人 can appear in many different kanji (for instance, in 傘 or 座). The kanji item 人 can appear in many different vocabulary (日本人, 二人, 恋人, etc). The vocabulary item 人 is how you read that kanji when it appears as a word alone, and not attached to other kanji. ---
**Author:** ![EndOfTheGlory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/endoftheglory/32/259105_2.png) [@EndOfTheGlory](https://community.wanikani.com/u/EndOfTheGlory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/12 "2019-07-09T19:27:47Z")
> [@Leebo](#): > > to othe Ok,I got it, ありが と! ---
**Author:** ![Japepic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/japepic/32/253909_2.png) [@Japepic](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Japepic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/13 "2019-07-09T19:27:50Z")
Wanikani does not teach stroke order because you write with the computer in everyday life. How the Kanjis on Wanikani are written by hand is vast amount of information that you would have to get in your head on top of radicals, kanjis, readings and vocabulary. That’s why I love wanikani: it gets you to the goal as fast as possible and teaching only things you actually need. ---
**Author:** ![EndOfTheGlory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/endoftheglory/32/259105_2.png) [@EndOfTheGlory](https://community.wanikani.com/u/EndOfTheGlory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/14 "2019-07-09T19:29:36Z")
Actually,stroke order is important later on,so I should at least grasp a sense of it.There are many discussion on the internet,which I’ve read and I tend to believe people,who have alreadt learned japanese are right. ---
**Author:** ![okami\_edamame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/okami_edamame/32/248484_2.png) [@okami\_edamame](https://community.wanikani.com/u/okami_edamame)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/15 "2019-07-09T19:32:48Z")
I’ve had really good luck with the app Kanji Tree. It’s a little primitive, and does bug a lot for leaving a review, but has a very thorough repertoire of kanji and pronunciations, and is great for learning stroke orders. Also “Write It! Japanese” teaches how to write katakana and hiragana, and if you get super annoyed by the ads you can open the app with your phone in airplane mode and practice unimpeded. I think the only jarring thing about that one is how loud the pronunciations are, but it’s also funny because it just yells them out. Good luck with your studies, and welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Japepic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/japepic/32/253909_2.png) [@Japepic](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Japepic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/16 "2019-07-09T19:36:12Z")
> Actually,stroke order is important later on How is stroke order important apart for writing Kanjis by Hand? ---
**Author:** ![EndOfTheGlory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/endoftheglory/32/259105_2.png) [@EndOfTheGlory](https://community.wanikani.com/u/EndOfTheGlory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/18 "2019-07-09T19:42:18Z")
> second answer. Maybe,it’s easier for you in that way,but I prefer to have solid fondation just in case. P.S.-Got a little confused with forum,sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Japepic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/japepic/32/253909_2.png) [@Japepic](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Japepic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/19 "2019-07-09T19:46:00Z")
I see. I might want to write something by hand later on. Except, I won’t. With my phone, I can look up any Kanji I want anytime. ---
**Author:** ![EndOfTheGlory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/endoftheglory/32/259105_2.png) [@EndOfTheGlory](https://community.wanikani.com/u/EndOfTheGlory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/20 "2019-07-09T19:50:28Z")
> [@Kumirei](#): > > Tampermonkey Thanks a lot!But is scrpt you sent working only with kanjis and not radicals? ---
**Author:** ![Kumirei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kumirei/32/480522_2.png) [@Kumirei](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kumirei)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747/21 "2019-07-09T19:52:14Z")
Yes, and that will be the same for any stroke order script you find, as Wanikani does not use the Kangxi radicals [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/stroke-order-scriptor-manual-is-only-way/37747.md?page=2)