Read Edit View history 唵 ǎn used in Buddhist texts to transliterate non-Chinese sounds Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 奄 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas ǎn ×ng ×n × 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 唵 Simp strokes 唵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 唵 Simp strokes 唵 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 唵 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 71, 560 ], [ 97, 537 ], [ 101, 526 ], [ 141, 295 ] ], [ [ 129, 536 ], [ 137, 547 ], [ 228, 576 ], [ 261, 573 ], [ 282, 552 ], [ 262, 458 ], [ 238, 434 ] ], [ [ 155, 372 ], [ 169, 387 ], [ 231, 405 ], [ 292, 403 ] ], [ [ 353, 606 ], [ 376, 599 ], [ 417, 598 ], [ 694, 655 ], [ 759, 660 ] ], [ [ 503, 823 ], [ 519, 815 ], [ 553, 779 ], [ 491, 608 ], [ 432, 481 ], [ 384, 402 ], 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422 358 410 363 Z", "M 629 172 Q 645 147 661 138 Q 671 131 685 150 Q 698 172 729 295 Q 738 323 759 347 Q 772 357 761 371 Q 748 387 708 412 Q 692 419 633 405 Q 597 402 571 394 L 522 385 Q 519 385 410 363 C 381 357 396 321 424 332 Q 430 339 520 354 L 567 362 Q 657 380 672 368 Q 685 358 681 340 Q 656 211 642 197 C 629 172 629 172 629 172 Z", "M 557 260 Q 588 267 616 270 Q 637 274 629 285 Q 619 298 597 302 Q 581 303 560 298 L 516 285 Q 485 276 458 267 Q 443 264 462 251 Q 465 250 515 253 L 557 260 Z", "M 553 164 Q 584 168 629 172 C 659 175 665 178 642 197 Q 638 201 630 206 Q 614 215 553 198 L 513 189 Q 474 182 443 176 C 414 170 414 155 443 149 Q 453 146 465 149 Q 484 155 514 158 L 553 164 Z", "M 514 158 Q 515 38 553 3 Q 628 -60 807 -25 Q 808 -24 813 -23 Q 853 -11 891 15 Q 909 30 895 55 Q 882 85 861 175 Q 860 190 853 194 Q 847 197 844 180 Q 825 83 808 51 Q 777 17 678 19 Q 641 20 609 34 Q 582 47 575 64 Q 556 103 553 164 L 553 198 Q 554 228 557 260 L 560 298 Q 563 329 567 362 L 571 394 Q 580 445 570 453 Q 557 466 534 475 Q 521 479 513 474 Q 506 470 512 452 Q 522 419 522 385 L 520 354 Q 517 318 516 285 L 515 253 Q 514 219 513 189 L 514 158 Z" ] } 11 strokes 唵 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 71, 560 ], [ 97, 537 ], [ 101, 526 ], [ 141, 295 ] ], [ [ 129, 536 ], [ 137, 547 ], [ 228, 576 ], [ 261, 573 ], [ 282, 552 ], [ 262, 458 ], [ 238, 434 ] ], [ [ 155, 372 ], [ 169, 387 ], [ 231, 405 ], [ 292, 403 ] ], [ [ 353, 606 ], [ 376, 599 ], [ 417, 598 ], [ 694, 655 ], [ 759, 660 ] ], [ [ 503, 823 ], [ 519, 815 ], [ 553, 779 ], [ 491, 608 ], [ 432, 481 ], [ 384, 402 ], [ 331, 335 ], [ 275, 276 ], [ 193, 213 ] ], [ [ 601, 607 ], [ 617, 600 ], [ 746, 453 ], [ 816, 393 ], [ 965, 364 ] ], [ [ 394, 358 ], [ 429, 131 ] ], [ [ 423, 338 ], [ 432, 353 ], [ 610, 387 ], [ 667, 392 ], [ 697, 384 ], [ 719, 358 ], [ 664, 175 ], [ 667, 155 ] ], [ [ 459, 259 ], [ 582, 284 ], [ 620, 280 ] ], [ [ 449, 156 ], [ 478, 168 ], [ 631, 195 ] ], [ [ 521, 466 ], [ 546, 436 ], [ 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472 513 593 L 531 639 Q 568 730 591 759 Q 604 774 598 785 Q 589 818 531 835 Q 515 842 496 835 Q 484 825 493 813 Q 509 792 511 770 Q 512 740 469 627 L 450 581 Q 408 479 356 405 Q 304 332 190 223 Q 178 207 190 204 Q 217 198 315 285 Q 340 309 365 337 L 390 369 Z", "M 595 609 Q 596 605 600 601 Q 679 486 781 366 Q 800 347 829 348 Q 929 352 961 358 Q 971 359 972 365 Q 972 369 959 377 Q 800 440 751 489 Q 688 543 619 613 C 598 634 579 634 595 609 Z", "M 410 363 Q 403 367 390 369 C 361 375 355 365 365 337 Q 387 277 399 184 Q 400 153 417 132 Q 433 110 439 125 Q 442 135 443 149 L 443 176 Q 434 221 424 332 C 422 358 422 358 410 363 Z", "M 629 172 Q 645 147 661 138 Q 671 131 685 150 Q 698 172 729 295 Q 738 323 759 347 Q 772 357 761 371 Q 748 387 708 412 Q 692 419 633 405 Q 597 402 571 394 L 522 385 Q 519 385 410 363 C 381 357 396 321 424 332 Q 430 339 520 354 L 567 362 Q 657 380 672 368 Q 685 358 681 340 Q 656 211 642 197 C 629 172 629 172 629 172 Z", "M 557 260 Q 588 267 616 270 Q 637 274 629 285 Q 619 298 597 302 Q 581 303 560 298 L 516 285 Q 485 276 458 267 Q 443 264 462 251 Q 465 250 515 253 L 557 260 Z", "M 553 164 Q 584 168 629 172 C 659 175 665 178 642 197 Q 638 201 630 206 Q 614 215 553 198 L 513 189 Q 474 182 443 176 C 414 170 414 155 443 149 Q 453 146 465 149 Q 484 155 514 158 L 553 164 Z", "M 514 158 Q 515 38 553 3 Q 628 -60 807 -25 Q 808 -24 813 -23 Q 853 -11 891 15 Q 909 30 895 55 Q 882 85 861 175 Q 860 190 853 194 Q 847 197 844 180 Q 825 83 808 51 Q 777 17 678 19 Q 641 20 609 34 Q 582 47 575 64 Q 556 103 553 164 L 553 198 Q 554 228 557 260 L 560 298 Q 563 329 567 362 L 571 394 Q 580 445 570 453 Q 557 466 534 475 Q 521 479 513 474 Q 506 470 512 452 Q 522 419 522 385 L 520 354 Q 517 318 516 285 L 515 253 Q 514 219 513 189 L 514 158 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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