Read Edit View history 兂 zān hairpin Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a woman kneeling with a hairpin in her hair. Original form of 簪. Not related to 旡 (choke on something eaten). Pinyin Separate values with commas zān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 兂 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 321, 618.49 ], [ 343, 613.27 ], [ 409, 615.01 ], [ 621, 652.4200000000001 ], [ 690, 655.9 ] ], [ [ 237, 548.02 ], [ 253, 528.88 ], [ 265, 500.16999999999996 ], [ 216, 389.68 ], [ 264, 387.94 ], [ 370, 419.26 ], [ 529, 450.58 ], [ 606, 460.15 ], [ 691, 467.11 ], [ 757, 452.32 ] ], [ [ 444, 746.16 ], [ 490, 708.65 ], [ 462, 461.81 ], [ 411, 282.73 ], [ 372, 198.03 ], [ 312, 108.49000000000001 ], [ 207, 6.850000000000023 ], [ 143, -33.079999999999984 ] ], [ [ 526, 409.72 ], [ 564, 356.8 ], [ 547, 184 ], [ 553, 54.39999999999998 ], [ 566, 22 ], [ 597, -5 ], [ 639, -22.28000000000003 ], [ 713, -33.08000000000004 ], [ 811, -30.920000000000016 ], [ 882, -14.720000000000027 ], [ 916, 7.9599999999999795 ], [ 916, 166.72 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 468 604 Q 550 618 637 631 Q 689 641 696 646 Q 706 652 701 661 Q 694 672 664 679 Q 639 684 523 654 Q 415 636 329 627 Q 292 624 318 607 Q 354 589 406 593 L 468 604 Z", "M 465 421 Q 537 442 733 440 Q 755 439 765 444 Q 772 451 766 461 Q 759 471 718 490 Q 694 500 629 484 Q 527 468 472 455 L 416 443 Q 343 429 276 408 Q 258 402 255 406 Q 251 410 256 419 Q 283 472 295 488 Q 305 499 296 512 Q 281 537 253 554 Q 240 562 229 556 Q 222 552 228 535 Q 238 505 226 471 Q 204 428 177 411 Q 161 398 166 386 Q 173 367 192 349 Q 204 337 224 349 Q 279 388 410 411 L 465 421 Z", "M 440 496 Q 386 168 173 6 Q 157 -10 139 -26 Q 126 -38 139 -42 Q 155 -42 193 -23 Q 266 18 322 83 Q 382 146 430 260 Q 475 384 486 446 Q 492 497 495 509 L 502 556 Q 514 658 535 705 Q 545 730 526 741 Q 511 756 498 763 C 472 782 426 782 436 749 Q 461 689 446 539 L 440 496 Z", "M 528 293 Q 519 88 530 45 Q 540 11 562 -10 Q 628 -78 824 -64 Q 911 -55 943 -34 Q 974 -15 961 21 Q 942 67 928 152 Q 925 169 918 175 Q 909 180 906 158 Q 891 57 878 37 Q 868 17 832 10 Q 786 0 720 0 Q 647 1 615 16 Q 587 30 581 48 Q 569 85 571 179 Q 578 283 597 332 Q 610 365 591 385 Q 539 428 523 425 Q 507 418 514 399 Q 533 356 528 293 Z" ] } 4 strokes 兂 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 321, 618.49 ], [ 343, 613.27 ], [ 409, 615.01 ], [ 621, 652.4200000000001 ], [ 690, 655.9 ] ], [ [ 237, 548.02 ], [ 253, 528.88 ], [ 265, 500.16999999999996 ], [ 216, 389.68 ], [ 264, 387.94 ], [ 370, 419.26 ], [ 529, 450.58 ], [ 606, 460.15 ], [ 691, 467.11 ], [ 757, 452.32 ] ], [ [ 444, 746.16 ], [ 490, 708.65 ], [ 462, 461.81 ], [ 411, 282.73 ], [ 372, 198.03 ], [ 312, 108.49000000000001 ], [ 207, 6.850000000000023 ], [ 143, -33.079999999999984 ] ], [ [ 526, 409.72 ], [ 564, 356.8 ], [ 547, 184 ], [ 553, 54.39999999999998 ], [ 566, 22 ], [ 597, -5 ], [ 639, -22.28000000000003 ], [ 713, -33.08000000000004 ], [ 811, -30.920000000000016 ], [ 882, -14.720000000000027 ], [ 916, 7.9599999999999795 ], [ 916, 166.72 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 468 604 Q 550 618 637 631 Q 689 641 696 646 Q 706 652 701 661 Q 694 672 664 679 Q 639 684 523 654 Q 415 636 329 627 Q 292 624 318 607 Q 354 589 406 593 L 468 604 Z", "M 465 421 Q 537 442 733 440 Q 755 439 765 444 Q 772 451 766 461 Q 759 471 718 490 Q 694 500 629 484 Q 527 468 472 455 L 416 443 Q 343 429 276 408 Q 258 402 255 406 Q 251 410 256 419 Q 283 472 295 488 Q 305 499 296 512 Q 281 537 253 554 Q 240 562 229 556 Q 222 552 228 535 Q 238 505 226 471 Q 204 428 177 411 Q 161 398 166 386 Q 173 367 192 349 Q 204 337 224 349 Q 279 388 410 411 L 465 421 Z", "M 440 496 Q 386 168 173 6 Q 157 -10 139 -26 Q 126 -38 139 -42 Q 155 -42 193 -23 Q 266 18 322 83 Q 382 146 430 260 Q 475 384 486 446 Q 492 497 495 509 L 502 556 Q 514 658 535 705 Q 545 730 526 741 Q 511 756 498 763 C 472 782 426 782 436 749 Q 461 689 446 539 L 440 496 Z", "M 528 293 Q 519 88 530 45 Q 540 11 562 -10 Q 628 -78 824 -64 Q 911 -55 943 -34 Q 974 -15 961 21 Q 942 67 928 152 Q 925 169 918 175 Q 909 180 906 158 Q 891 57 878 37 Q 868 17 832 10 Q 786 0 720 0 Q 647 1 615 16 Q 587 30 581 48 Q 569 85 571 179 Q 578 283 597 332 Q 610 365 591 385 Q 539 428 523 425 Q 507 418 514 399 Q 533 356 528 293 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.