Read Edit View history 咅 pǒu to spit out Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally the same character as 否. A distinguishing mark was added later to the character to differentiate it from 咅. The current meaning "to spit out" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas pǒu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Mark used to differentiate 咅 from 否. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咅 Simp strokes 咅 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咅 Simp strokes 咅 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 咅 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 375, 801 ], [ 467, 749 ], [ 483, 725 ] ], [ [ 313, 575 ], [ 366, 568 ], [ 436, 578 ], [ 635, 627 ], [ 707, 640 ], [ 722, 637 ] ], [ [ 334, 505 ], [ 381, 447 ], [ 385, 420 ] ], [ [ 598, 584 ], [ 629, 552 ], [ 566, 415 ], [ 541, 398 ] ], [ [ 162, 325 ], [ 190, 317 ], [ 231, 320 ], [ 447, 363 ], [ 791, 407 ], [ 841, 402 ], [ 874, 391 ] ], [ [ 272, 214 ], [ 302, 191 ], [ 309, 175 ], [ 344, -5 ] ], [ [ 331, 211 ], [ 351, 199 ], [ 601, 252 ], [ 633, 245 ], [ 666, 214 ], [ 628, 110 ], [ 600, 92 ] ], [ [ 362, 44 ], [ 384, 34 ], [ 583, 63 ], [ 646, 59 ], [ 658, 53 ] ] ], 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Q 269 231 264 222 Q 257 218 266 200 Q 293 144 311 44 Q 314 14 331 -6 Q 350 -27 355 -12 Q 361 5 361 20 L 357 51 Q 340 161 338 181 C 335 210 335 210 323 214 Z", "M 647 76 Q 678 172 715 196 Q 736 216 719 234 Q 642 295 577 268 Q 568 265 559 263 Q 437 229 323 214 C 293 210 309 175 338 181 Q 339 181 342 182 Q 543 221 582 228 Q 592 229 600 228 Q 625 223 619 192 Q 605 129 592 88 C 583 59 637 48 647 76 Z", "M 361 20 Q 367 13 393 16 Q 474 28 541 35 L 657 43 Q 666 45 668 53 Q 668 59 647 76 L 592 88 Q 582 88 539 80 Q 408 55 357 51 C 327 48 334 33 361 20 Z" ] } 8 strokes 咅 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 375, 801 ], [ 467, 749 ], [ 483, 725 ] ], [ [ 313, 575 ], [ 366, 568 ], [ 436, 578 ], [ 635, 627 ], [ 707, 640 ], [ 722, 637 ] ], [ [ 334, 505 ], [ 381, 447 ], [ 385, 420 ] ], [ [ 598, 584 ], [ 629, 552 ], [ 566, 415 ], [ 541, 398 ] ], [ [ 162, 325 ], [ 190, 317 ], [ 231, 320 ], [ 447, 363 ], [ 791, 407 ], [ 841, 402 ], [ 874, 391 ] ], [ [ 272, 214 ], [ 302, 191 ], [ 309, 175 ], [ 344, -5 ] ], [ [ 331, 211 ], [ 351, 199 ], [ 601, 252 ], [ 633, 245 ], [ 666, 214 ], [ 628, 110 ], [ 600, 92 ] ], [ [ 362, 44 ], [ 384, 34 ], [ 583, 63 ], [ 646, 59 ], [ 658, 53 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 368 788 Q 370 781 384 771 Q 427 738 453 715 Q 464 708 473 705 Q 496 699 504 719 Q 508 737 497 766 Q 483 790 422 804 Q 380 811 370 807 Q 365 803 368 788 Z", "M 629 599 Q 640 602 662 607 Q 722 619 732 627 Q 749 646 701 661 Q 700 661 698 661 Q 674 662 639 653 Q 549 626 519 619 Q 391 589 321 583 Q 286 576 313 563 Q 354 541 408 553 Q 416 555 427 557 Q 580 590 586 590 L 629 599 Z", "M 339 463 Q 357 419 373 407 Q 387 396 400 410 Q 410 423 412 451 Q 412 466 378 492 Q 347 514 331 515 Q 325 514 321 502 Q 321 490 339 463 Z", "M 576 398 Q 594 418 615 458 Q 647 512 666 535 Q 684 549 674 560 Q 664 578 629 599 C 603 615 572 617 586 590 L 589 586 Q 600 549 547 419 Q 540 408 535 392 C 525 364 557 375 576 398 Z", "M 535 392 Q 529 392 524 390 Q 498 386 457 380 Q 208 340 165 334 Q 146 331 155 319 Q 166 304 192 297 Q 215 292 230 297 Q 286 313 354 326 Q 601 376 858 376 L 860 376 Q 884 376 886 386 Q 890 397 874 410 Q 821 446 781 437 Q 733 427 576 398 L 535 392 Z", "M 323 214 Q 320 215 314 217 Q 269 231 264 222 Q 257 218 266 200 Q 293 144 311 44 Q 314 14 331 -6 Q 350 -27 355 -12 Q 361 5 361 20 L 357 51 Q 340 161 338 181 C 335 210 335 210 323 214 Z", "M 647 76 Q 678 172 715 196 Q 736 216 719 234 Q 642 295 577 268 Q 568 265 559 263 Q 437 229 323 214 C 293 210 309 175 338 181 Q 339 181 342 182 Q 543 221 582 228 Q 592 229 600 228 Q 625 223 619 192 Q 605 129 592 88 C 583 59 637 48 647 76 Z", "M 361 20 Q 367 13 393 16 Q 474 28 541 35 L 657 43 Q 666 45 668 53 Q 668 59 647 76 L 592 88 Q 582 88 539 80 Q 408 55 357 51 C 327 48 334 33 361 20 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 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