Read Edit View history 劄 zhā brief note Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 答 represents the meaning and 刂 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhā ×zhá × 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 劄 Simp strokes 劄 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 劄 Simp strokes 劄 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 劄 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 332, 780 ], [ 355, 748 ], [ 311, 659 ], [ 268, 604 ], [ 190, 537 ] ], [ [ 339, 658 ], [ 465, 684 ], [ 508, 683 ] ], [ [ 380, 610 ], [ 430, 580 ], [ 447, 552 ] ], [ [ 625, 821 ], [ 649, 790 ], [ 629, 735 ], [ 586, 663 ], [ 516, 594 ] ], [ [ 637, 696 ], [ 790, 722 ], [ 842, 720 ] ], [ [ 645, 639 ], [ 707, 611 ], [ 735, 577 ] ], [ [ 367, 519 ], [ 392, 479 ], [ 305, 350 ], [ 259, 300 ], [ 197, 246 ], [ 83, 176 ] ], [ [ 402, 422 ], [ 429, 419 ], [ 498, 388 ], [ 528, 367 ], [ 546, 342 ] ], [ [ 315, 282 ], [ 356, 276 ], [ 441, 293 ], [ 485, 291 ] ], [ [ 253, 172 ], [ 278, 149 ], [ 308, -19 ] ], [ [ 312, 161 ], [ 325, 153 ], [ 486, 184 ], [ 508, 165 ], [ 512, 152 ], [ 491, 82 ], [ 466, 66 ] ], [ [ 327, 8 ], [ 343, 21 ], [ 463, 37 ], [ 501, 36 ], 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797 680 809 Q 665 819 646 829 Q 634 833 622 832 Q 612 829 614 817 Q 620 787 611 757 Q 604 730 584 696 Q 566 660 540 632 Q 519 608 508 594 Q 502 581 515 586 Q 530 589 549 605 Z", "M 629 692 Q 639 688 653 684 Q 675 680 708 684 Q 763 693 820 703 Q 845 707 850 710 Q 859 717 854 725 Q 848 735 822 743 Q 794 750 767 740 Q 737 731 705 726 Q 677 722 644 717 C 614 713 601 703 629 692 Z", "M 667 607 Q 688 591 710 572 Q 723 562 737 563 Q 746 564 749 576 Q 752 589 742 614 Q 736 629 711 638 Q 686 644 659 648 Q 646 649 640 647 Q 636 643 638 632 Q 642 622 667 607 Z", "M 218 291 Q 178 252 78 179 Q 69 175 80 171 Q 89 172 113 183 Q 153 198 191 221 Q 239 249 291 302 Q 331 342 393 421 L 408 440 Q 409 444 413 446 Q 423 459 430 464 Q 437 468 437 478 Q 436 488 425 500 Q 412 513 395 522 Q 376 529 365 529 Q 356 528 357 515 Q 358 499 352 474 Q 327 419 295 377 Q 259 328 218 291 Z", "M 393 421 Q 400 414 417 404 Q 469 373 527 335 Q 539 326 551 328 Q 558 329 561 340 Q 564 352 554 374 Q 544 401 500 418 Q 457 431 408 440 C 379 446 370 441 393 421 Z", "M 323 290 Q 289 289 315 270 Q 328 261 349 258 Q 371 255 404 262 Q 438 269 473 277 Q 489 280 492 282 Q 499 289 495 297 Q 488 307 461 313 Q 433 319 407 307 Q 389 301 369 297 Q 348 293 323 290 Z", "M 246 159 Q 268 108 282 25 Q 283 0 298 -17 Q 313 -38 318 -23 Q 322 -13 322 2 L 319 35 Q 309 107 307 136 C 305 165 305 165 302 167 L 301 168 Q 291 174 259 181 Q 249 184 245 179 Q 239 175 246 159 Z", "M 509 54 Q 530 121 552 140 Q 576 165 553 181 Q 534 193 506 212 Q 487 224 467 213 Q 436 194 394 184 Q 355 174 302 167 C 272 163 277 134 307 136 Q 319 136 335 139 Q 389 149 434 157 Q 465 163 472 150 Q 478 146 472 118 Q 466 91 459 59 C 453 30 500 25 509 54 Z", "M 322 2 Q 332 1 343 2 Q 400 12 523 18 Q 533 19 535 27 Q 535 36 509 54 C 492 66 488 65 459 59 Q 381 43 319 35 C 289 31 292 4 322 2 Z", "M 615 396 Q 624 380 628 361 Q 632 324 634 289 Q 634 255 630 208 Q 627 195 634 180 Q 641 161 652 149 Q 662 139 670 150 Q 677 160 681 181 Q 688 199 686 217 Q 685 239 684 311 Q 683 339 687 370 Q 691 392 672 402 Q 656 412 640 419 Q 627 423 619 417 Q 610 411 615 396 Z", "M 770 440 Q 771 418 760 66 Q 759 51 751 46 Q 744 40 724 46 Q 702 52 682 57 Q 648 72 651 60 Q 652 53 671 36 Q 731 -19 745 -48 Q 761 -82 777 -85 Q 792 -86 808 -51 Q 829 -5 830 72 Q 820 199 822 328 Q 828 419 843 466 Q 862 497 804 521 Q 770 540 749 534 Q 731 528 747 504 Q 769 476 770 440 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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