A single stroke (line) that makes up a Chinese character; the number of such strokes in a character (stroke count).
この漢字は筆画が多いので、書くのに時間がかかる。
This kanji has many strokes, so it takes time to write.
漢字の筆画を数えて、画数で辞書を引く。
Count the kanji's strokes and look it up in a dictionary by stroke count.
書き順は筆画の順番に従って決められていることが多い。
Stroke order is often determined by the sequence of strokes.