Read Edit View history 吏 lì HSK7 government official Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint The characters 史 (history), 吏 (government official), 使 (cause; use; instruct), and 事 (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand (又) holding a container for writing utensils. 吏 and 史 were originally written the same, but later an extra mark was added to distinguish them. Pinyin Separate values with commas lì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Mark added to distinguish 事 from 史. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吏 Simp strokes 吏 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand holding a container for writing utensils. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吏 Simp strokes 吏 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 吏 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 312, 651 ], [ 342, 644 ], [ 394, 644 ], [ 508, 658 ], [ 667, 691 ], [ 727, 690 ] ], [ [ 263, 514 ], [ 306, 469 ], [ 343, 339 ] ], [ [ 293, 519 ], [ 334, 503 ], [ 369, 506 ], [ 548, 531 ], [ 633, 551 ], [ 664, 551 ], [ 686, 542 ], [ 711, 512 ], [ 686, 453 ], [ 656, 434 ] ], [ [ 358, 383 ], [ 373, 371 ], [ 642, 405 ], [ 693, 403 ], [ 717, 394 ] ], [ [ 458, 827 ], [ 481, 819 ], [ 506, 800 ], [ 518, 776 ], [ 519, 540 ], [ 513, 419 ], [ 500, 325 ], [ 477, 249 ], [ 435, 177 ], [ 348, 102 ], [ 252, 50 ], [ 165, 19 ] ], [ [ 243, 299 ], [ 304, 296 ], [ 352, 272 ], [ 586, 100 ], [ 711, 26 ], [ 745, 14 ], [ 935, 15 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 543 642 Q 601 652 664 661 Q 724 671 733 679 Q 743 686 738 696 Q 731 709 703 717 Q 672 724 641 715 Q 592 702 542 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429 Q 591 419 538 409 L 484 401 Q 411 394 351 388 C 321 385 326 359 356 354 Z", "M 480 366 Q 471 293 440 234 L 417 199 Q 351 115 175 31 Q 162 27 158 22 Q 154 16 169 13 Q 227 13 351 78 Q 426 121 461 164 L 486 203 Q 513 249 534 371 L 538 409 Q 542 463 544 516 L 545 547 Q 544 583 543 642 L 542 688 Q 542 737 556 793 Q 560 805 551 812 Q 530 827 493 839 Q 471 846 454 840 Q 435 831 452 814 Q 483 787 486 756 Q 487 716 490 678 L 492 634 Q 493 585 492 538 L 491 509 Q 490 452 484 401 L 480 366 Z", "M 440 234 Q 332 309 314 312 Q 296 321 249 310 Q 236 307 235 299 Q 236 290 252 287 Q 309 287 385 224 Q 400 212 417 199 L 461 164 Q 521 118 557 84 Q 690 -27 743 -33 Q 794 -27 877 -11 Q 919 -2 932 7 Q 954 17 933 24 Q 915 33 755 60 Q 682 72 486 203 L 440 234 Z" ] } 6 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 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