Read Edit View history Discussion 卧 wò HSK5 lie down Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Variant form of 臥. Depicts a person (人) with their eye (臣) leaning forward preparing to lie down and sleep. Pinyin Separate values with commas wò × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 臥 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an eye. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 卧 Simp strokes 卧 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Current form looks like 卜. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 卧 Simp strokes 卧 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 卧 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 229, 681 ], [ 252, 671 ], [ 278, 672 ], [ 463, 715 ], [ 485, 718 ], [ 512, 711 ] ], [ [ 349, 660 ], [ 376, 628 ], [ 366, 532 ], [ 344, 514 ] ], [ [ 229, 461 ], [ 349, 485 ], [ 430, 509 ], [ 452, 508 ], [ 484, 478 ], [ 459, 419 ], [ 431, 399 ] ], [ [ 225, 344 ], [ 249, 337 ], [ 431, 372 ], [ 474, 375 ], [ 494, 367 ] ], [ [ 352, 333 ], [ 373, 313 ], [ 373, 299 ], [ 364, 194 ], [ 346, 180 ] ], [ [ 169, 705 ], [ 197, 674 ], [ 205, 648 ], [ 198, 357 ], [ 179, 139 ], [ 184, 122 ], [ 211, 120 ], [ 321, 146 ], [ 496, 171 ], [ 535, 160 ] ], [ [ 613, 819 ], [ 640, 798 ], [ 667, 765 ], [ 668, 342 ], [ 652, 34 ], [ 656, -52 ] ], [ [ 697, 482 ], [ 701, 467 ], [ 853, 373 ], [ 891, 338 ], [ 915, 296 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 377 667 Q 513 703 515 703 Q 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196 473 196 465 225 456 Q 228 456 230 455 Q 252 445 284 457 Q 353 470 417 485 Q 433 489 441 483 Q 448 476 445 461 Q 436 424 425 394 C 415 366 463 367 475 394 Z", "M 387 344 Q 433 351 492 357 Q 502 358 504 367 Q 504 376 475 394 C 460 403 454 402 425 394 Q 313 364 226 351 Q 220 351 220 349 C 203 344 203 344 219 331 Q 226 324 236 320 Q 246 317 259 321 Q 292 330 344 337 L 387 344 Z", "M 383 175 Q 392 239 399 289 Q 402 328 394 338 Q 390 342 387 344 C 364 363 340 367 344 337 Q 345 330 346 315 Q 346 299 341 168 C 340 138 379 145 383 175 Z", "M 226 686 Q 214 696 191 708 Q 169 720 161 713 Q 154 706 161 690 Q 179 654 179 589 Q 182 390 161 206 Q 158 167 136 131 Q 126 116 135 96 Q 144 74 154 66 Q 164 59 181 71 Q 263 134 523 147 Q 545 147 546 158 Q 545 173 517 190 Q 502 202 472 193 Q 423 183 383 175 L 341 168 Q 290 164 232 148 Q 222 145 217 148 Q 211 149 211 166 Q 215 245 219 331 L 220 349 Q 221 401 225 456 L 226 478 Q 229 626 236 653 C 239 677 239 677 226 686 Z", "M 686 489 Q 686 687 704 752 Q 717 779 692 796 Q 676 808 646 825 Q 622 841 601 825 Q 597 821 603 805 Q 639 753 640 690 Q 659 212 618 56 Q 609 13 635 -46 Q 642 -64 650 -67 Q 657 -74 664 -66 Q 691 -42 690 17 Q 687 66 686 459 L 686 489 Z", "M 686 459 L 687 459 Q 775 395 881 302 Q 897 283 914 281 Q 923 280 929 291 Q 939 304 923 347 Q 904 408 686 489 C 658 500 661 475 686 459 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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