Read Edit View history 嗇 sè stingy Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of wheat (麥) being stored in a granary (㐭). Based on the original meaning "harvest; hoard". The meaning later shifted to "stingy". Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 啬 × 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 嗇 Simp strokes 嗇 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 嗇 Simp strokes 嗇 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 嗇 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 297, 631 ], [ 321, 596 ], [ 309, 568 ], [ 277, 514 ], [ 214, 449 ] ], [ [ 325, 528 ], [ 338, 530 ], [ 373, 511 ], [ 405, 473 ] ], [ [ 661, 672 ], [ 685, 637 ], [ 679, 621 ], [ 633, 546 ], [ 574, 494 ] ], [ [ 675, 555 ], [ 687, 556 ], [ 724, 538 ], [ 749, 521 ], [ 762, 501 ] ], [ [ 372, 681 ], [ 396, 676 ], [ 447, 680 ], [ 617, 728 ], [ 663, 738 ], [ 689, 736 ] ], [ [ 457, 854 ], [ 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555 Z", "M 537 677 Q 591 693 650 708 Q 690 720 697 725 Q 706 735 700 743 Q 691 756 660 762 Q 636 765 539 730 L 476 711 Q 430 701 380 693 Q 341 684 371 667 Q 413 643 478 662 L 537 677 Z", "M 527 425 Q 533 555 537 677 L 539 730 Q 539 740 556 818 Q 560 830 537 846 Q 497 867 471 870 Q 453 874 444 864 Q 437 855 445 839 Q 472 803 472 778 Q 473 745 476 711 L 478 662 Q 482 547 481 418 C 481 388 526 395 527 425 Z", "M 481 418 Q 300 393 94 365 Q 70 362 88 343 Q 121 313 165 322 Q 462 410 913 410 Q 914 410 917 410 Q 939 410 944 420 Q 950 433 931 448 Q 870 493 799 474 Q 691 453 527 425 L 481 418 Z", "M 288 282 Q 273 288 241 293 Q 228 297 223 291 Q 216 284 226 265 Q 266 175 289 30 Q 293 -13 317 -43 Q 338 -68 344 -50 Q 348 -37 349 -17 L 346 22 Q 345 34 342 46 Q 314 194 306 242 C 301 272 300 278 288 282 Z", "M 640 11 Q 652 -17 674 -65 Q 684 -86 695 -84 Q 713 -81 724 -52 Q 754 6 775 196 Q 782 248 807 280 Q 825 302 812 316 Q 788 340 738 363 Q 719 375 682 362 Q 594 329 492 307 Q 408 292 288 282 C 258 279 277 234 306 242 Q 312 248 650 312 Q 687 318 703 303 Q 712 297 711 274 Q 710 166 688 60 Q 687 42 678 40 Q 677 39 673 40 C 655 16 636 20 640 11 Z", "M 419 209 Q 409 213 382 215 Q 372 216 368 211 Q 364 205 372 192 Q 394 159 413 104 Q 417 88 429 77 Q 447 59 450 73 Q 451 77 451 81 L 449 109 Q 437 164 434 184 C 431 205 431 205 419 209 Z", "M 588 123 Q 607 171 629 183 Q 642 196 631 211 Q 571 257 520 232 Q 460 216 419 209 C 389 204 405 178 434 184 Q 446 187 539 203 Q 551 204 555 200 Q 561 196 560 184 Q 556 157 549 133 C 541 104 577 95 588 123 Z", "M 451 81 Q 457 80 465 82 Q 505 91 594 98 Q 603 99 604 106 Q 604 112 588 123 L 549 133 Q 543 133 537 131 Q 488 118 449 109 C 420 102 421 83 451 81 Z", "M 349 -17 Q 353 -17 361 -16 Q 452 2 640 11 C 670 12 697 22 673 40 Q 664 47 650 58 Q 632 68 597 62 Q 458 34 346 22 C 316 19 319 -19 349 -17 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 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