Read Edit View history 匃 gài beggar Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Variant form of 丐. Depicts the blade of a knife. Similar in origin to 亡 and 方. Based on the original meaning "cut". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas gài × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 匃 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 350.87, 801.1600000000001 ], [ 379.15999999999997, 775.9100000000001 ], [ 390.23, 753.69 ], [ 361.94, 703.19 ], [ 240.17000000000002, 548.66 ], [ 151.61, 465.84000000000003 ], [ 117.17000000000002, 443.62 ] ], [ [ 296.75, 562.8 ], [ 769.0699999999999, 623.4 ], [ 812.12, 616.33 ], [ 849.02, 586.03 ], [ 819.5, 357.77 ], [ 791.21, 214.35 ], [ 758, 127.49000000000001 ], [ 728.48, 76.99000000000001 ], [ 691.5799999999999, 38.610000000000014 ], [ 644.84, 15.379999999999995 ], [ 514.46, 65.88 ], [ 510.77, 74.96999999999997 ], [ 492.32, 78 ] ], [ [ 492.58, 508.92 ], [ 521.0799999999999, 475.64 ], [ 489.16, 411.64 ], [ 420.76, 320.76 ], [ 360.34000000000003, 272.12 ] ], [ [ 515.38, 388.6 ], [ 532.48, 389.88 ], [ 557.56, 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583 Z", "M 642 59 Q 620 53 497 81 Q 485 82 486 78 Q 486 74 500 66 Q 567 22 602 -10 Q 620 -31 637 -28 Q 665 -31 693 -8 Q 794 56 827 219 Q 853 332 870 502 Q 871 542 903 570 Q 919 583 919 592 Q 918 601 893 615 Q 860 638 815 650 Q 789 659 703 639 Q 672 635 630 625 Q 448 594 304 583 C 267 580 244 564 281 559 Q 284 559 287 558 Q 332 548 385 556 Q 523 571 630 586 Q 775 604 791 588 Q 813 546 778 309 Q 752 176 695 97 Q 672 60 642 59 Z", "M 485 517 Q 488 428 391 317 Q 388 317 350 275 Q 340 258 356 262 Q 371 262 395 277 Q 464 323 506 387 L 521 408 Q 543 439 563 462 Q 575 474 561 494 Q 546 510 528 523 C 499 545 485 555 485 517 Z", "M 506 387 Q 510 383 515 378 Q 575 336 648 272 Q 666 253 681 252 Q 689 252 694 263 Q 705 280 685 325 Q 667 378 521 408 C 487 414 481 413 506 387 Z", "M 250 439 Q 246 442 243 442 Q 226 447 218 436 Q 213 428 225 409 Q 246 377 247 327 Q 251 223 221 170 Q 210 153 217 140 Q 225 120 245 102 Q 257 90 274 107 Q 352 172 576 167 Q 597 167 626 165 Q 648 161 659 167 Q 666 175 660 188 Q 653 203 616 227 Q 594 240 568 235 Q 543 230 507 226 Q 408 217 314 193 Q 302 189 300 193 Q 292 200 294 218 Q 299 339 309 375 Q 314 394 300 407 Q 286 419 271 430 L 250 439 Z" ] } 5 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.