Read Edit View history 㚔 nièxìng instrument of torture used in ancient times Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of shackles. Pinyin Separate values with commas niè ×xìng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 㚔 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 235, 594.05 ], [ 259, 586.61 ], [ 324, 585.6800000000001 ], [ 496, 610.79 ], [ 681, 649.85 ], [ 745, 650.78 ] ], [ [ 465, 837.71 ], [ 489, 816.3199999999999 ], [ 501, 794 ], [ 461, 651.71 ], [ 428, 570.8 ], [ 387, 499.19 ], [ 350, 448.97 ], [ 278, 382.01 ], [ 192, 329.93 ], [ 97, 293.65999999999997 ] ], [ [ 545, 594.98 ], [ 559, 588.47 ], [ 705, 452.69 ], [ 800, 383.87 ], [ 887, 360.62 ], [ 978, 347.6 ] ], [ [ 370, 405.8 ], [ 414, 360.44 ], [ 424, 334.4 ] ], [ [ 615, 452.84000000000003 ], [ 638, 428.48 ], [ 588, 345.32 ], [ 561, 322.64 ] ], [ [ 307, 291.56 ], [ 343, 283.16 ], [ 370, 284 ], [ 647, 315.92 ], [ 685, 316.76 ], [ 723, 310.04 ] ], [ [ 193, 156.32 ], [ 249, 147.92000000000002 ], [ 427, 173.12 ], [ 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462 584 L 478 630 Q 479 633 480 635 Q 519 753 543 787 Q 555 804 538 815 Q 495 855 463 850 Q 448 847 453 831 Q 477 773 422 620 L 402 575 Q 315 397 130 320 Q 112 310 94 300 Q 79 294 92 288 Q 149 284 259 346 L 283 362 Z", "M 539 597 Q 540 590 550 581 Q 653 466 766 360 Q 806 320 965 340 Q 983 341 984 346 Q 987 352 973 358 Q 790 430 771 442 Q 675 495 570 593 Q 564 597 561 600 C 538 617 524 621 539 597 Z", "M 360 396 Q 399 327 419 321 Q 432 318 443 330 Q 449 341 445 360 Q 439 376 418 388 Q 387 411 372 417 Q 363 420 359 411 Q 355 405 360 396 Z", "M 594 328 Q 595 330 598 332 Q 619 355 642 386 Q 652 400 669 417 Q 685 425 677 435 Q 670 446 654 457 C 631 473 604 481 607 455 Q 613 428 562 334 Q 558 329 555 321 C 545 297 575 308 594 328 Z", "M 550 286 Q 586 292 714 298 Q 724 297 734 308 Q 735 318 714 327 Q 684 347 594 328 L 555 321 Q 546 321 539 319 Q 511 316 313 299 Q 285 298 305 282 Q 332 260 381 266 Q 432 274 493 279 L 550 286 Z", "M 550 165 Q 616 170 842 170 Q 864 170 870 178 Q 877 189 858 202 Q 801 238 759 231 Q 678 218 550 202 L 491 194 Q 355 181 197 165 Q 173 164 191 147 Q 207 134 226 129 Q 250 124 267 128 Q 444 166 490 159 L 550 165 Z", "M 490 159 Q 487 -45 510 -65 Q 522 -76 533 -55 Q 549 -22 550 165 L 550 202 Q 550 245 550 286 C 550 311 494 304 493 279 Q 492 238 491 194 L 490 159 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.