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According to Jisho, the 3rd and 4th strokes of
[牛{うし}](https://jisho.org/search/%E7%89%9B%20%23kanji) are written with the
horizontal stroke first, while for
[物{もの}](https://jisho.org/search/%E7%89%A9%20%23kanji), the vertical stroke
goes first:

[![stroke order of
牛](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Acxk4.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Acxk4.png)
vs [![stroke order of
物](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EgB6r.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EgB6r.png)

This does not seem logical to me. Is there any historical reason why this is
the case?
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kanji stroke-order
Why is the stroke order of 牛 different from the 牛 radical in 物?
Easier order to start next stroke is chosen there.

Writing letters top-down (and right-to-left) has long been the only way for
Japanese until late 18th century
([Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B8%A6%E6%9B%B8%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A8%E6%A8%AA%E6%9B%B8%E3%81%8D)).
Try following that way and you'll feel the difference in order reasonable. If
you use a writing brush, it'll be more convincing.
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