Read Edit View history 則 zé HSK7 rule Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts carving inscriptions on bronzeware (鼎) with a knife (刂). Based on the original meaning "law". In ancient China, some legal writings were inscribed on bronzeware. Pinyin Separate values with commas zé × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 则 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Modern form looks like unrelated 貝. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 則 Simp strokes 則 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 刂 is a component form of 刀. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 則 Simp strokes 則 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 則 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 187, 723 ], [ 210, 700 ], [ 219, 671 ], [ 224, 539 ], [ 220, 397 ], [ 212, 329 ], [ 220, 270 ] ], [ [ 251, 692 ], [ 270, 707 ], [ 331, 720 ], [ 415, 748 ], [ 439, 743 ], [ 470, 712 ], [ 462, 607 ], [ 463, 358 ], [ 455, 294 ] ], [ [ 250, 564 ], [ 263, 578 ], [ 335, 598 ], [ 377, 601 ] ], [ [ 248, 442 ], [ 263, 454 ], [ 364, 472 ], [ 381, 470 ] ], [ [ 248, 299 ], [ 259, 312 ], [ 404, 338 ], [ 416, 323 ] ], [ [ 317, 218 ], [ 280, 209 ], [ 203, 114 ], [ 153, 70 ], [ 83, 26 ] ], [ [ 402, 223 ], [ 479, 144 ], [ 498, 87 ] ], [ [ 602, 659 ], [ 631, 626 ], [ 633, 320 ] ], [ [ 766, 824 ], [ 784, 816 ], [ 819, 783 ], [ 817, 484 ], [ 828, 101 ], [ 807, 51 ], [ 768, 64 ], [ 684, 115 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 238 711 Q 226 723 201 732 Q 191 736 180 732 Q 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222 668 249 681 Q 258 691 393 726 Q 414 732 422 722 Q 440 698 438 620 Q 438 398 425 356 Q 424 356 424 355 C 419 334 419 334 427 318 Z", "M 246 559 Q 285 559 384 592 Q 384 593 385 593 Q 392 600 387 607 Q 380 616 357 620 Q 333 623 273 598 Q 258 595 246 591 C 217 582 216 558 246 559 Z", "M 245 434 Q 266 431 388 461 Q 395 468 391 475 Q 384 484 361 489 Q 358 489 245 465 C 216 459 215 436 245 434 Z", "M 242 292 Q 241 293 244 293 Q 302 306 427 318 C 457 321 452 345 424 355 Q 408 362 380 356 Q 304 337 244 326 C 215 321 213 283 242 292 Z", "M 248 234 Q 236 165 73 29 Q 51 13 79 17 Q 154 24 272 147 Q 273 150 322 199 Q 332 211 331 221 Q 327 234 301 242 Q 271 252 259 249 Q 252 248 248 234 Z", "M 399 207 Q 433 162 471 99 Q 481 80 494 73 Q 501 70 509 78 Q 522 88 518 127 Q 515 175 405 233 Q 398 240 394 229 Q 391 217 399 207 Z", "M 589 648 Q 622 575 601 385 Q 592 349 623 313 Q 633 303 643 314 Q 665 351 661 397 Q 655 554 663 619 Q 669 641 649 653 Q 633 663 615 671 Q 602 675 593 670 Q 584 663 589 648 Z", "M 784 743 Q 790 706 795 130 Q 795 106 782 96 Q 773 92 754 98 Q 732 105 711 112 Q 677 128 678 116 Q 679 109 700 91 Q 763 31 778 0 Q 794 -37 811 -40 Q 827 -41 844 -4 Q 865 45 864 126 Q 842 376 844 629 Q 845 723 859 774 Q 877 807 816 830 Q 779 849 759 840 Q 740 833 758 809 Q 782 781 784 743 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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.