Read Edit View history 员 yuán HSK3 member Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 員. Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas yuán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 員 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a circle. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 员 Simp strokes 员 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 员 Simp strokes 员 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 员 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 291, 768 ], [ 311, 751 ], [ 323, 730 ], [ 356, 562 ] ], [ [ 339, 767 ], [ 348, 758 ], [ 368, 754 ], [ 603, 799 ], [ 637, 799 ], [ 675, 766 ], [ 650, 686 ], [ 625, 668 ] ], [ [ 374, 612 ], [ 387, 603 ], [ 616, 639 ], [ 660, 639 ], [ 686, 630 ] ], [ [ 298, 513 ], [ 323, 487 ], [ 331, 466 ], [ 333, 316 ], [ 320, 199 ], [ 323, 156 ] ], [ [ 349, 502 ], [ 374, 489 ], [ 510, 509 ], [ 522, 516 ], [ 635, 537 ], [ 658, 533 ], [ 682, 513 ], [ 693, 498 ], [ 687, 437 ], [ 690, 214 ], [ 683, 153 ] ], [ [ 455, 433 ], [ 474, 426 ], [ 506, 397 ], [ 499, 208 ], [ 474, 111 ], [ 447, 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614 663 Q 478 632 368 620 Q 367 620 366 618 C 337 609 341 598 370 589 Z", "M 341 505 Q 322 518 301 524 Q 294 525 287 518 Q 284 512 291 503 Q 321 425 304 274 Q 292 201 293 194 Q 303 163 313 151 Q 323 139 333 152 Q 355 179 356 328 Q 356 449 360 473 C 362 492 362 492 341 505 Z", "M 654 213 Q 647 191 660 169 Q 673 141 682 142 Q 695 143 711 175 Q 726 200 724 220 Q 714 299 716 422 Q 716 458 736 488 Q 746 504 739 515 Q 711 540 662 562 Q 646 568 621 559 Q 480 502 341 505 C 311 505 330 468 360 473 Q 364 474 368 474 Q 443 487 500 498 Q 620 523 646 506 Q 656 484 660 425 Q 664 247 654 213 Z", "M 477 368 Q 489 173 438 101 Q 395 37 246 -21 Q 234 -24 231 -27 Q 225 -31 240 -36 Q 321 -42 435 25 Q 454 40 470 57 Q 524 121 529 294 Q 533 373 542 399 Q 546 409 538 416 Q 520 431 487 443 Q 468 452 452 446 Q 434 439 449 422 Q 476 397 477 368 Z", "M 571 88 Q 635 36 714 -43 Q 732 -64 748 -67 Q 758 -68 765 -57 Q 778 -42 762 3 Q 749 48 675 79 Q 632 100 571 121 Q 561 125 559 113 Q 559 98 571 88 Z" ] } 7 strokes 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