Read Edit View history 咨 zī HSK6 inquire Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 次 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zī × 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 咨 Simp strokes 咨 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咨 Simp strokes 咨 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 咨 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 200, 699 ], [ 287, 653 ], [ 334, 600 ] ], [ [ 175, 361 ], [ 210, 311 ], [ 350, 515 ] ], [ [ 484, 834 ], [ 525, 800 ], [ 523, 777 ], [ 401, 554 ] ], [ [ 479, 636 ], [ 712, 686 ], [ 757, 644 ], [ 670, 572 ] ], [ [ 527, 582 ], [ 556, 527 ], [ 486, 392 ], [ 414, 327 ], [ 317, 290 ] ], [ [ 558, 468 ], [ 770, 319 ], [ 947, 307 ] ], [ [ 284, 229 ], [ 323, 197 ], [ 369, -35 ] ], [ [ 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453 Z", "M 344 224 Q 331 231 295 236 Q 282 240 279 234 Q 272 227 282 211 Q 315 141 335 28 Q 339 -6 359 -28 Q 378 -50 383 -34 Q 387 -18 386 8 L 381 45 Q 359 151 354 190 C 350 220 350 222 344 224 Z", "M 652 74 Q 683 173 722 196 Q 741 215 726 235 Q 708 250 653 279 Q 634 288 610 279 Q 502 242 344 224 C 314 220 324 185 354 190 Q 364 191 377 194 Q 483 210 584 228 Q 609 232 620 222 Q 630 212 627 191 Q 614 127 596 75 C 587 47 643 45 652 74 Z", "M 386 8 Q 390 8 398 8 Q 483 24 669 32 Q 681 33 682 42 Q 683 51 652 74 C 640 83 626 80 596 75 Q 475 53 381 45 C 351 42 356 8 386 8 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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