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Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
鸨 is a phono-semantic compound: 鸟 (bird) carries the meaning, while 匕 indicates the sound.
Radical: 鸟 + 4 more strokes
bǎo鸨

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Open the tool →鸨 (bǎo) means “Bustard” in Chinese.
鸨 is pronounced bǎo in Mandarin Chinese.
鸨 has 9 strokes.
鸨 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 鸟. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 鸨 is 鸟, and 鸨 is a phono-semantic compound.