Read Edit View history Discussion 咫 zhǐ foot measure of Zhou dynasty Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 尺 represents the meaning and 只 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhǐ × 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 咫 Simp strokes 咫 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咫 Simp strokes 咫 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 咫 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 279, 697 ], [ 432, 742 ], [ 476, 723 ], [ 490, 698 ], [ 441, 545 ] ], [ [ 279, 495 ], [ 452, 538 ], [ 498, 527 ] ], [ [ 208, 723 ], [ 255, 683 ], [ 240, 350 ], [ 179, 205 ], [ 58, 76 ] ], [ [ 273, 411 ], [ 718, 80 ], [ 948, 79 ] ], [ [ 576, 705 ], [ 612, 671 ], [ 650, 496 ] ], [ [ 618, 701 ], [ 780, 729 ], [ 831, 706 ], [ 840, 682 ], [ 791, 557 ] ], [ [ 656, 524 ], [ 844, 541 ] ], [ [ 629, 446 ], [ 650, 407 ], [ 510, 286 ] ], [ [ 760, 422 ], [ 856, 342 ], [ 890, 272 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M471,555C487,626 508,672 531,697C542,711 542,725 531,734C519,744 493,754 457,768C438,776 421,756 280,710C270,706 281,674 291,678C372,702 372,702 412,714C443,724 445,694 443,677C436,633 428,593 420,557C417,540 468,538 471,555Z", "M283,484C297,486 325,496 489,519C521,527 491,544 471,555C456,564 437,560 420,557C403,552 356,537 285,520C273,518 271,482 283,484Z", "M277,425C279,444 281,464 283,484C284,508 284,508 285,520C287,574 285,626 291,678C293,689 290,704 280,710C229,741 182,740 207,705C229,672 235,586 231,449C226,310 160,194 66,96C26,56 71,66 96,86C219,190 256,280 273,397C276,416 276,416 277,425Z", "M273,397C303,385 328,365 352,342C560,139 682,26 716,26C765,28 838,40 928,61C956,68 968,87 945,90C802,110 717,131 687,147C599,193 478,275 331,406C312,423 297,431 277,425C268,423 264,401 273,397Z", "M615,706C608,709 598,710 585,712C568,716 564,705 573,689C592,654 608,606 620,546C623,529 629,514 640,502C651,490 659,488 662,497C662,501 664,506 664,510C663,534 663,534 662,546C661,557 651,599 639,675C636,688 627,701 615,706Z", "M820,566C838,624 859,660 880,678C892,689 892,703 882,713C860,734 834,743 815,753C778,771 776,738 615,706C602,703 626,672 639,675C661,681 686,685 767,701C790,706 795,687 793,670C786,632 778,598 770,568C767,552 814,551 820,566Z", "M664,510C684,517 741,524 836,530C852,532 868,534 820,566C807,576 786,571 770,568C729,560 693,552 662,546C650,544 652,508 664,510Z", "M621,437C616,404 580,354 512,292C500,282 501,280 518,281C549,285 600,319 670,388C678,397 684,403 689,407C710,432 681,443 669,446C650,452 638,454 630,452C625,452 622,447 621,437Z", "M763,398C789,370 820,335 853,292C862,280 870,271 881,267C885,266 891,269 897,274C905,282 905,300 900,328C894,355 872,378 830,398C801,412 779,420 766,427C752,434 749,413 763,398Z" ] } 9 strokes 咫 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 289, 707 ], [ 301, 699 ], [ 438, 741 ], [ 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C 413 528 464 526 471 555 Z", "M 283 484 Q 293 483 307 486 Q 364 502 489 519 Q 499 520 501 530 Q 501 539 471 555 C 450 567 449 566 420 557 Q 419 557 417 556 Q 345 534 285 520 C 256 513 253 485 283 484 Z", "M 277 425 Q 280 453 283 484 L 285 520 Q 286 580 287 649 Q 290 668 291 678 C 294 704 294 704 280 710 Q 279 711 276 712 Q 225 734 210 731 Q 191 727 207 705 Q 240 654 231 449 Q 228 367 189 267 Q 159 191 66 96 Q 53 83 49 76 Q 48 69 60 70 Q 76 70 96 86 Q 147 123 176 157 Q 255 254 274 397 L 277 425 Z", "M 274 397 Q 319 378 352 342 Q 667 38 716 26 Q 794 26 928 61 Q 950 65 957 78 Q 961 88 945 90 Q 732 120 687 147 Q 555 213 331 406 Q 307 434 277 425 C 247 424 247 410 274 397 Z", "M 615 706 Q 605 710 585 712 Q 573 715 571 709 Q 565 703 573 689 Q 601 635 620 546 Q 624 519 640 502 Q 658 483 662 497 Q 663 503 664 510 L 662 546 Q 658 561 639 675 C 635 700 635 700 615 706 Z", "M 820 566 Q 847 653 880 678 Q 896 696 882 713 Q 813 770 754 741 Q 694 722 615 706 C 586 700 610 668 639 675 Q 646 678 767 701 Q 780 704 786 698 Q 796 689 793 670 Q 783 613 770 568 C 762 539 811 537 820 566 Z", "M 664 510 Q 694 520 836 530 Q 846 531 847 539 Q 847 548 820 566 C 806 576 799 574 770 568 Q 709 555 662 546 C 633 540 635 502 664 510 Z", "M 621 437 Q 614 386 512 292 Q 493 277 518 281 Q 566 284 670 388 Q 682 401 689 407 Q 699 419 696 427 Q 693 440 669 446 Q 642 455 630 452 Q 623 451 621 437 Z", "M 763 398 Q 803 355 853 292 Q 866 273 881 267 Q 888 266 897 274 Q 910 286 900 328 Q 894 368 830 398 Q 788 419 766 427 Q 757 433 755 421 Q 754 408 763 398 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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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