Read Edit View history 哭 kū HSK2 cry Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the howl (吅) of a dog (犬). Pinyin Separate values with commas kū × 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 哭 Simp strokes 哭 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 哭 Simp strokes 哭 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 哭 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 174, 705 ], [ 194, 691 ], [ 210, 668 ], [ 247, 515 ] ], [ [ 222, 708 ], [ 247, 701 ], [ 349, 729 ], [ 380, 725 ], [ 400, 704 ], [ 398, 694 ], [ 377, 618 ], [ 353, 602 ] ], [ [ 267, 547 ], [ 275, 557 ], [ 351, 575 ], [ 407, 573 ] ], [ [ 498, 746 ], [ 525, 725 ], [ 533, 709 ], [ 568, 554 ] ], [ [ 554, 746 ], [ 570, 736 ], [ 692, 766 ], [ 721, 762 ], [ 743, 737 ], [ 741, 727 ], [ 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569 C 228 561 231 536 261 538 Z", "M 544 747 Q 532 753 504 756 Q 492 759 489 754 Q 482 747 492 732 Q 519 681 536 597 Q 540 572 556 555 Q 574 533 579 549 Q 582 559 582 575 L 578 608 Q 562 690 560 717 C 558 742 558 742 544 747 Z", "M 742 635 Q 761 699 783 718 Q 808 746 783 761 Q 762 774 734 794 Q 713 806 672 783 Q 630 765 544 747 C 515 741 531 708 560 717 Q 587 726 664 740 Q 692 746 699 735 Q 706 729 699 698 Q 692 668 684 632 C 677 603 733 606 742 635 Z", "M 582 575 Q 592 574 603 577 Q 652 587 760 597 Q 770 598 772 607 Q 773 616 742 635 C 729 643 713 639 684 632 Q 624 617 578 608 C 549 602 552 576 582 575 Z", "M 448 337 Q 490 346 664 369 Q 674 368 684 380 Q 685 393 662 404 Q 623 426 539 401 Q 461 386 447 379 L 387 368 Q 350 362 315 358 Q 264 354 209 346 Q 179 342 202 324 Q 235 296 266 304 Q 317 316 379 326 L 448 337 Z", "M 379 326 Q 346 197 265 135 Q 223 98 113 47 Q 86 34 118 33 Q 139 32 180 45 Q 232 58 278 84 Q 321 106 354 149 Q 406 212 432 314 L 447 379 Q 460 457 467 469 Q 474 476 468 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