Is it incorrect to write 少 with a hooked first stroke, like 小? This question is about writing the hanzi 少; it's written as follows:



Sometimes when I write this hanzi by hand, I write the first three strokes to look like 小, which looks different because it has a hooked first stroke:



I'm wondering if it's incorrect, or merely a matter of style (or font).

Question: Is it incorrect to write 少 with a hooked first stroke, like 小?
Incorrect is a relative term.

On the whole, I'm going to say no, it's not incorrect, and it's easier to learn the character if you write it with a hook, because the glyph origin of「少」was「小」compounded with「丿」, and「小」is never written without the hook.