Horizontal Stroke Marks Hand
Parallel With Floor
(Hand-Printing Only)

When typing by computer, the small space at the knuckle joint that represents the hand parallel with the floor is typed quickly by tapping on a certain key on the computer keyboard.

When writing by hand, creating a symbol with a space at the knuckle joint can be time consuming.

Below you will notice that one horizontal stroke is used to indicate the space at the knuckle joint. It is faster to write than to write a perfect space by hand.

This quick horizontal stroke is written after the symbol is completed, a little like returning to "dot the i" when writing in English. It is important to make the stroke horizontal, and not diagonal.