Read Edit View history 叟 sǒu old man Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hand (又) holding a torch (火) in a dark room (宀) looking for something. Based on the original meaning "search for", now written as 搜. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas sǒu ×sōu ×xiāo × 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 叟 Simp strokes 叟 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 叟 Simp strokes 叟 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 叟 Simp strokes 叟 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 叟 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 397, 704 ], [ 365, 709 ], [ 302, 649 ], [ 290, 652 ] ], [ [ 230, 642 ], [ 268, 612 ], [ 319, 415 ] ], [ [ 322, 542 ], [ 329, 552 ], [ 362, 561 ], [ 395, 564 ], [ 416, 558 ] ], [ [ 595, 710 ], [ 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347 Q 337 347 332 340 Q 328 333 347 323 Q 386 305 440 318 Q 548 343 567 341 Q 589 334 578 312 Q 548 212 502 165 L 476 138 Q 389 59 202 17 Q 186 13 198 3 Q 205 -1 263 0 Q 335 4 417 42 Q 469 64 514 100 L 545 131 Z", "M 514 100 Q 518 97 522 92 Q 676 -59 732 -63 Q 801 -63 909 -40 Q 949 -33 945 -21 Q 944 -17 902 -7 Q 703 29 626 75 Q 599 91 545 131 L 502 165 Q 453 205 402 253 Q 363 290 328 288 Q 310 288 308 282 Q 307 275 322 266 Q 377 236 476 138 L 514 100 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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.