stroke order
The standard sequence in which the strokes of a kanji are written. Used in education, calligraphy, and dictionary contexts.
漢字を書くときは、正しい書き順を覚えることが大切です。
When writing kanji, it is important to learn the correct stroke order.
このアプリで書き順を確認できます。
You can check the stroke order with this app.
書き順 is the everyday, spoken term for stroke order, while 筆順 is the more formal term used in dictionaries and educational contexts.
Compound of 書き (kaki, 'writing', the continuative form of 書く) and 順 (jun, 'order').