Read Edit View history 丑 chǒuChǒu HSK5 second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts of a hand or paw with fingernails or claws. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. In simplified Chinese 丑 is also used to mean "ugly", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 醜. Pinyin Separate values with commas chǒu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 丑 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 醜 ×丑 × Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 丑 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 321, 647 ], [ 353, 635 ], [ 384, 634 ], [ 681, 684 ], [ 703, 676 ], [ 725, 647 ], [ 731, 635 ], [ 699, 519 ], [ 634, 171 ], [ 603, 140 ] ], [ [ 434, 615 ], [ 457, 598 ], [ 464, 579 ], [ 454, 505 ], [ 386, 151 ], [ 372, 132 ], [ 360, 127 ] ], [ [ 268, 390 ], [ 342, 380 ], [ 418, 386 ], [ 522, 404 ], [ 556, 404 ], [ 581, 396 ] ], [ [ 123, 98 ], [ 148, 85 ], [ 204, 78 ], [ 485, 107 ], [ 846, 125 ], [ 928, 93 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 658 139 Q 701 389 741 550 Q 751 590 774 615 Q 790 631 778 652 Q 768 667 713 707 Q 698 722 631 701 Q 466 655 329 656 Q 311 656 312 648 Q 313 636 336 621 Q 358 603 398 614 Q 411 618 426 619 L 465 628 Q 586 653 644 657 Q 674 661 682 650 Q 688 635 681 604 Q 635 334 596 135 C 590 106 653 109 658 139 Z", "M 426 619 Q 439 571 421 466 Q 417 444 411 409 L 402 361 Q 383 267 355 118 C 349 89 397 93 403 122 Q 428 254 452 367 L 463 419 Q 482 524 494 563 Q 504 582 496 593 Q 481 615 465 628 C 443 649 420 648 426 619 Z", "M 411 409 Q 345 406 277 400 Q 240 397 264 378 Q 309 351 366 358 Q 382 361 402 361 L 452 367 Q 582 386 584 387 Q 594 394 590 404 Q 583 417 555 426 Q 519 438 463 419 L 411 409 Z", "M 517 85 Q 572 86 625 90 Q 772 97 909 78 Q 933 74 940 83 Q 949 96 936 109 Q 906 139 862 162 Q 847 169 820 161 Q 750 148 676 141 Q 666 141 658 139 L 596 135 Q 532 132 492 129 Q 443 126 403 122 L 355 118 Q 324 118 303 115 Q 233 108 127 110 Q 112 111 111 99 Q 110 86 128 71 Q 171 38 216 49 Q 262 61 403 76 Q 457 82 517 85 Z" ] } 4 strokes 丑 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 321, 647 ], [ 353, 635 ], [ 384, 634 ], [ 681, 684 ], [ 703, 676 ], [ 725, 647 ], [ 731, 635 ], [ 699, 519 ], [ 634, 171 ], [ 603, 140 ] ], [ [ 434, 615 ], [ 457, 598 ], [ 464, 579 ], [ 454, 505 ], [ 386, 151 ], [ 372, 132 ], [ 360, 127 ] ], [ [ 268, 390 ], [ 342, 380 ], [ 418, 386 ], [ 522, 404 ], [ 556, 404 ], [ 581, 396 ] ], [ [ 123, 98 ], [ 148, 85 ], [ 204, 78 ], [ 485, 107 ], [ 846, 125 ], [ 928, 93 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 658 139 Q 701 389 741 550 Q 751 590 774 615 Q 790 631 778 652 Q 768 667 713 707 Q 698 722 631 701 Q 466 655 329 656 Q 311 656 312 648 Q 313 636 336 621 Q 358 603 398 614 Q 411 618 426 619 L 465 628 Q 586 653 644 657 Q 674 661 682 650 Q 688 635 681 604 Q 635 334 596 135 C 590 106 653 109 658 139 Z", "M 426 619 Q 439 571 421 466 Q 417 444 411 409 L 402 361 Q 383 267 355 118 C 349 89 397 93 403 122 Q 428 254 452 367 L 463 419 Q 482 524 494 563 Q 504 582 496 593 Q 481 615 465 628 C 443 649 420 648 426 619 Z", "M 411 409 Q 345 406 277 400 Q 240 397 264 378 Q 309 351 366 358 Q 382 361 402 361 L 452 367 Q 582 386 584 387 Q 594 394 590 404 Q 583 417 555 426 Q 519 438 463 419 L 411 409 Z", "M 517 85 Q 572 86 625 90 Q 772 97 909 78 Q 933 74 940 83 Q 949 96 936 109 Q 906 139 862 162 Q 847 169 820 161 Q 750 148 676 141 Q 666 141 658 139 L 596 135 Q 532 132 492 129 Q 443 126 403 122 L 355 118 Q 324 118 303 115 Q 233 108 127 110 Q 112 111 111 99 Q 110 86 128 71 Q 171 38 216 49 Q 262 61 403 76 Q 457 82 517 85 Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + 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.