Read Edit View history Discussion 咸 xián HSK4 all Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a massacre with a weapon (戌), based on the original meaning "massacre". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas xián × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 咸 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鹹 ×咸 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an axe. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咸 Simp strokes 咸 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咸 Simp strokes 咸 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 咸 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 310, 528 ], [ 333, 521 ], [ 383, 526 ], [ 525, 554 ], [ 644, 589 ], [ 688, 597 ], [ 713, 595 ] ], [ [ 236, 538 ], [ 268, 519 ], [ 279, 495 ], [ 278, 351 ], [ 260, 261 ], [ 230, 195 ], [ 180, 125 ], [ 97, 53 ] ], [ [ 346, 383 ], [ 404, 385 ], [ 476, 411 ], [ 525, 416 ] ], [ [ 321, 284 ], [ 350, 253 ], [ 376, 109 ] ], [ [ 375, 280 ], [ 388, 274 ], [ 471, 298 ], [ 490, 293 ], [ 508, 275 ], [ 507, 266 ], [ 492, 210 ], [ 472, 194 ] ], [ [ 394, 145 ], [ 409, 156 ], [ 458, 168 ], [ 523, 165 ] ], [ [ 452, 812 ], [ 491, 798 ], [ 520, 773 ], [ 545, 603 ], [ 597, 400 ], [ 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