Read Edit View history Discussion 㜽 zǐ (ancient form of 子) child Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a small child with hair on its head. Pinyin Separate values with commas zǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts hair. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 㜽 Simp strokes 㜽 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 㜽 Simp strokes 㜽 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 㜽 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 290, 755.04 ], [ 316, 743.52 ], [ 332, 721.76 ], [ 248, 619.36 ], [ 232, 592.48 ], [ 250, 577.76 ], [ 331, 534.24 ], [ 340, 521.44 ], [ 337, 509.28 ] ], [ [ 486, 771.6800000000001 ], [ 511, 759.52 ], [ 526, 737.76 ], [ 438, 639.84 ], [ 417, 608.48 ], [ 443, 588 ], [ 521, 549.6 ], [ 535, 533.6 ], [ 533, 522.0799999999999 ] ], [ [ 684, 779.36 ], [ 707, 766.56 ], [ 720, 744.16 ], [ 666, 687.84 ], [ 615, 646.24 ], [ 605, 628.3199999999999 ], [ 632, 609.12 ], [ 740, 563.6800000000001 ], [ 750, 556.64 ], [ 755, 540 ] ], [ [ 334, 430 ], [ 355, 420 ], [ 383, 417 ], [ 557, 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