Read Edit View history Discussion 兼 jiān HSK7 double Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hand (又) holding two stalks of grain (禾). Pinyin Separate values with commas jiān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 兼 Simp strokes 兼 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 兼 Simp strokes 兼 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 兼 Simp strokes 兼 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 兼 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 344, 808 ], [ 415, 760 ], [ 430, 731 ] ], [ [ 626, 864 ], [ 649, 832 ], [ 561, 730 ] ], [ [ 286, 652 ], [ 322, 644 ], [ 382, 648 ], [ 684, 706 ], [ 742, 708 ] ], [ [ 281, 507 ], [ 344, 505 ], [ 447, 520 ], [ 639, 563 ], [ 681, 562 ], [ 718, 527 ], [ 682, 377 ], [ 659, 359 ] ], [ [ 118, 374 ], [ 172, 361 ], [ 492, 418 ], [ 854, 464 ], [ 889, 461 ], [ 946, 442 ] ], [ [ 277, 282 ], [ 297, 275 ], [ 315, 277 ], [ 660, 330 ], [ 696, 333 ], [ 730, 323 ] ], [ [ 387, 620 ], [ 418, 600 ], [ 423, 547 ], [ 415, 230 ], [ 396, 36 ], [ 401, -21 ] ], [ [ 510, 643 ], [ 549, 625 ], [ 559, 615 ], [ 560, 604 ], [ 559, 158 ], [ 549, 31 ], [ 553, -50 ] ], [ [ 394, 267 ], [ 384, 259 ], [ 370, 213 ], [ 308, 142 ], [ 203, 55 ], [ 134, 18 ] ], [ [ 584, 277 ], [ 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826 Z", "M 554 657 Q 609 667 670 676 Q 739 689 750 698 Q 757 705 754 713 Q 748 723 722 732 Q 692 739 613 713 Q 447 673 294 661 Q 260 657 283 641 Q 322 616 372 627 Q 373 628 378 627 L 421 634 Q 461 641 503 648 L 554 657 Z", "M 701 356 Q 710 399 719 428 L 734 467 Q 747 498 767 516 Q 783 535 768 554 Q 750 567 695 592 Q 676 599 654 590 Q 617 577 584 566 L 535 554 Q 516 550 497 546 Q 470 542 443 535 L 402 529 Q 345 523 288 518 Q 272 517 272 507 Q 275 498 294 491 Q 319 479 357 491 Q 379 495 404 499 L 442 506 Q 488 516 536 523 L 580 532 Q 647 550 665 533 Q 678 521 677 493 Q 674 475 672 457 L 667 422 Q 660 386 653 353 C 647 324 695 327 701 356 Z", "M 719 428 Q 782 440 930 429 Q 951 428 956 435 Q 962 447 951 457 Q 891 508 828 489 Q 780 479 734 467 L 672 457 Q 620 450 578 444 L 539 438 Q 491 435 439 424 L 404 419 Q 343 413 305 405 Q 230 392 118 386 Q 106 386 106 376 Q 105 366 122 353 Q 137 343 164 333 Q 174 329 189 337 Q 207 344 286 360 Q 341 376 404 386 L 438 392 Q 504 405 539 406 L 578 410 Q 630 419 667 422 L 719 428 Z", "M 435 279 Q 481 286 539 293 L 578 298 Q 645 305 726 312 Q 738 313 739 322 Q 740 331 708 353 Q 704 354 701 356 C 693 360 683 358 653 353 Q 613 346 578 338 L 539 330 Q 484 321 436 312 L 400 306 Q 336 299 280 292 Q 258 291 272 272 Q 279 262 289 258 Q 301 255 314 258 Q 341 265 378 270 L 435 279 Z", "M 394 206 Q 390 145 370 72 Q 355 18 390 -26 Q 400 -39 411 -28 Q 430 -4 431 142 Q 431 218 435 279 L 436 312 Q 437 355 438 392 L 439 424 Q 440 473 442 506 L 443 535 Q 444 575 446 582 Q 450 603 446 611 Q 443 621 424 632 Q 423 633 421 634 C 396 651 369 656 378 627 Q 399 563 402 529 L 404 499 Q 405 465 404 419 L 404 386 Q 403 349 400 306 L 394 206 Z", "M 539 293 Q 539 119 522 52 Q 504 22 535 -45 Q 541 -61 548 -63 Q 554 -69 560 -62 Q 567 -58 576 -39 Q 583 -17 583 10 Q 580 41 578 243 L 578 284 Q 578 291 578 298 L 578 338 Q 578 372 578 410 L 578 444 Q 578 453 578 461 Q 577 500 580 532 L 584 566 Q 587 585 592 602 Q 599 615 597 628 Q 591 635 554 657 C 528 673 487 674 503 648 Q 531 608 535 564 Q 535 560 535 554 L 536 523 Q 536 483 539 438 L 539 406 Q 539 369 539 330 L 539 293 Z", "M 378 270 Q 309 147 132 26 Q 119 16 128 13 Q 135 9 148 13 Q 260 46 394 206 C 455 278 393 296 378 270 Z", "M 578 243 Q 728 53 766 39 Q 850 27 937 39 Q 956 40 958 45 Q 961 52 945 59 Q 783 128 770 134 Q 691 182 578 284 C 556 304 559 267 578 243 Z" ] } 10 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.