Is 筆順 a more professional sounding term?
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Does using 書き順 sound childish?
IMHO, using 「[書]{か}き[順]{じゅん}」 does _not_ sound childish per se. It is indeed
in wide use across all age groups. It is when compared with 「[筆順]{ひつじゅん}」 that
「書き順」 could possibly sound slightly more informal, if not necessarily
childish, but the difference is still fairly minimal.

The gap in formality and technicality between those two words is not as great
as one might often expect to exist between an originally Japanese word and its
Sino loanword counterpart. This is because 「書き順」 and 「筆順」 do not represent
such a pair in that while the latter is a Sino loanword, the former is a
hybrid, not a pure [大和言葉]{やまとことば} (with 書く being originally Japanese and 順
being a loanword).

I personally could not think of a situation where using one of these two words
could sound considerably more formal, informal, adult-like or childish. If you
have experienced such a situation, please do tell us.
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