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Thanks, I think you've answered my question :)

It's not so much about the first touch, as about a bend in the first stroke. (first straight down, then to lower left). The printed version has the...

Thanks!

By the way:　which way are they teaching to write 人 in schools now? Namely, should the little piece on top be straight (like in print), or slanted (as suggested on that site)?
It seems...

Thanks! That is useful.
so the "4"-like shape in 叫is quite different from 収, huh.
Interesting: Yarxi, TakaDB and Halpern list 収 with 5 strokes, but Heisig, KanjiDic and this site have it with 4. ...

I keep getting confused about writing some kanji...
e.g. does 叫have 5 or 6 strokes? Kanjidic says 6, Heisig says 5. And if it is 6, shouldn't 収 then have 5?
Similarly, is it correct to write e.g....