Read Edit View history 久 jiǔ HSK2 long time (ago) Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts an arrow nock. The nock is the part of an arrow that is held against the bowstring before being launched. Same origin as 氒. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 久 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 422, 788 ], [ 445, 768 ], [ 458, 746 ], [ 410, 634 ], [ 358, 551 ], [ 289, 467 ], [ 239, 417 ], [ 163, 359 ] ], [ [ 405, 562 ], [ 470, 567 ], [ 564, 598 ], [ 604, 594 ], [ 621, 576 ], [ 578, 467 ], [ 525, 364 ], [ 426, 226 ], [ 370, 167 ], [ 276, 92 ], [ 191, 45 ], [ 126, 23 ] ], [ [ 539, 322 ], [ 550, 292 ], [ 663, 155 ], [ 759, 64 ], [ 793, 40 ], [ 945, 17 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 407 578 Q 443 633 489 712 Q 498 728 505 735 Q 512 741 510 753 Q 507 763 493 776 Q 451 807 418 799 Q 408 796 412 782 Q 431 688 299 515 Q 296 514 294 509 Q 255 460 157 361 Q 147 355 160 353 Q 224 365 342 491 Q 357 510 375 531 Q 385 544 397 562 L 407 578 Z", "M 539 331 Q 585 406 631 503 Q 650 537 679 558 Q 697 568 697 579 Q 696 594 662 612 Q 619 637 603 638 Q 590 637 577 627 Q 507 596 439 581 Q 418 581 407 578 C 377 575 371 575 397 562 Q 442 528 518 564 Q 554 582 568 572 Q 577 566 555 503 Q 533 430 485 356 Q 418 244 320 159 Q 235 86 127 31 Q 117 25 118 20 Q 119 14 128 15 Q 261 21 424 183 Q 467 231 523 306 L 539 331 Z", "M 523 306 Q 628 137 741 18 Q 766 -12 792 -11 Q 864 -1 925 7 Q 952 10 951 17 Q 952 24 922 39 Q 763 105 722 143 Q 610 245 539 331 C 520 354 507 331 523 306 Z" ] } 3 strokes 久 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 418, 793 ], [ 461, 746 ], [ 387, 596 ], [ 286, 465 ], [ 165, 358 ] ], [ [ 404, 566 ], [ 582, 605 ], [ 642, 569 ], [ 419, 218 ], [ 261, 84 ], [ 125, 24 ] ], [ [ 532, 323 ], [ 770, 54 ], [ 944, 19 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M407,578C430,616 458,660 489,712C495,723 500,731 505,735C509,740 511,746 510,753C508,760 503,769 493,776C465,798 439,805 418,799C411,798 410,792 412,782C425,720 388,630 299,515C271,481 223,426 157,361C151,356 151,352 160,353C203,359 264,407 342,491C352,503 389,550 397,562C404,573 404,573 407,578Z", "M539,331C570,381 599,439 631,503C642,527 659,545 679,558C690,566 697,572 697,579C696,589 684,600 662,612C633,629 613,638 603,638C594,638 586,632 577,627C531,605 484,589 439,581C425,579 414,580 407,578C401,577 392,566 397,562C427,540 467,540 518,564C542,576 558,579 568,572C573,568 568,546 555,503C539,455 515,406 485,356C439,282 385,216 320,159C263,111 198,69 127,31C120,28 117,24 118,20C118,16 122,15 128,15C216,20 316,74 424,183C454,214 489,254 523,306C534,323 534,323 539,331Z", "M523,306C593,194 666,99 741,18C758,-1 774,-12 792,-11C840,-5 884,2 925,7C943,10 951,13 951,17C951,22 942,31 922,39C816,85 749,118 722,143C647,212 586,274 539,331C533,339 517,314 523,306Z" ] } 3 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.