In vim, why is 'j' used for down and 'k' for up?

Question

I\'ve been using vim for many years and have never really thought about it. A friend of mine asked why that is, noting that in our culture, left would usually map to up while ri

Answer 1

It explains it if you run vimtutor in the terminal. It says:

The h key is at the left and moves left.

The l key is at the right and moves right.

The j key looks like a down arrow.