Read Edit View history 取 qǔ HSK2 take Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a hand (又) grabbing an ear (耳). In ancient China, the ears of opponents in battle were cut off and collected as tokens of victory. Pinyin Separate values with commas qǔ × 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 取 Simp strokes 取 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 取 Simp strokes 取 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 取 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 131, 718 ], [ 182, 711 ], [ 472, 766 ], [ 527, 760 ] ], [ [ 198, 686 ], [ 230, 669 ], [ 231, 657 ], [ 229, 300 ], [ 212, 285 ] ], [ [ 398, 726 ], [ 424, 699 ], [ 427, 609 ], [ 422, -24 ] ], [ [ 261, 553 ], [ 272, 566 ], [ 293, 572 ], [ 322, 577 ], [ 356, 571 ] ], [ [ 253, 429 ], [ 268, 441 ], [ 306, 452 ], [ 352, 451 ] ], [ [ 89, 235 ], [ 146, 218 ], [ 504, 357 ] ], [ [ 520, 592 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