Read Edit View history 壬 rén 9th heavenly stem Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a warp beam used for holding silk in, also known as a spool. The modern meaning "9th heavenly stem" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas rén × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 壬 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 711, 715 ], [ 683, 725 ], [ 628, 731 ], [ 537, 681 ], [ 450, 646 ], [ 285, 599 ] ], [ [ 116, 358 ], [ 174, 348 ], [ 427, 387 ], [ 820, 427 ], [ 869, 419 ], [ 910, 404 ] ], [ [ 476, 632 ], [ 507, 612 ], [ 518, 594 ], [ 510, 177 ], [ 489, 155 ] ], [ [ 251, 114 ], [ 277, 103 ], [ 312, 99 ], [ 444, 121 ], [ 723, 150 ], [ 798, 125 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 509 645 Q 650 694 662 696 Q 713 706 716 709 Q 720 721 709 734 Q 687 753 639 775 Q 623 785 608 785 Q 601 781 598 769 Q 592 715 282 605 Q 275 595 282 592 Q 303 586 468 634 L 509 645 Z", "M 543 379 Q 633 386 894 387 Q 918 387 923 397 Q 930 410 911 427 Q 835 482 791 461 Q 694 445 544 420 L 490 412 Q 318 393 119 370 Q 94 367 112 347 Q 128 331 150 324 Q 175 317 194 323 Q 344 362 489 373 L 543 379 Z", "M 534 152 Q 538 273 543 379 L 544 420 Q 545 519 552 581 Q 559 602 550 613 Q 528 635 509 645 C 484 661 457 662 468 634 Q 490 585 491 475 Q 490 450 490 412 L 489 373 Q 488 285 484 146 C 483 116 533 122 534 152 Z", "M 528 105 Q 564 106 598 111 Q 688 123 782 110 Q 804 109 809 116 Q 816 129 805 139 Q 777 164 737 181 Q 724 187 700 179 Q 661 172 534 152 L 484 146 Q 262 125 254 124 Q 241 124 241 114 Q 240 102 258 89 Q 300 62 331 73 Q 385 91 528 105 Z" ] } 4 strokes 壬 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 711, 715 ], [ 683, 725 ], [ 628, 731 ], [ 537, 681 ], [ 450, 646 ], [ 285, 599 ] ], [ [ 116, 358 ], [ 174, 348 ], [ 427, 387 ], [ 820, 427 ], [ 869, 419 ], [ 910, 404 ] ], [ [ 476, 632 ], [ 507, 612 ], [ 518, 594 ], [ 510, 177 ], [ 489, 155 ] ], [ [ 251, 114 ], [ 277, 103 ], [ 312, 99 ], [ 444, 121 ], [ 723, 150 ], [ 798, 125 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 509 645 Q 650 694 662 696 Q 713 706 716 709 Q 720 721 709 734 Q 687 753 639 775 Q 623 785 608 785 Q 601 781 598 769 Q 592 715 282 605 Q 275 595 282 592 Q 303 586 468 634 L 509 645 Z", "M 543 379 Q 633 386 894 387 Q 918 387 923 397 Q 930 410 911 427 Q 835 482 791 461 Q 694 445 544 420 L 490 412 Q 318 393 119 370 Q 94 367 112 347 Q 128 331 150 324 Q 175 317 194 323 Q 344 362 489 373 L 543 379 Z", "M 534 152 Q 538 273 543 379 L 544 420 Q 545 519 552 581 Q 559 602 550 613 Q 528 635 509 645 C 484 661 457 662 468 634 Q 490 585 491 475 Q 490 450 490 412 L 489 373 Q 488 285 484 146 C 483 116 533 122 534 152 Z", "M 528 105 Q 564 106 598 111 Q 688 123 782 110 Q 804 109 809 116 Q 816 129 805 139 Q 777 164 737 181 Q 724 187 700 179 Q 661 172 534 152 L 484 146 Q 262 125 254 124 Q 241 124 241 114 Q 240 102 258 89 Q 300 62 331 73 Q 385 91 528 105 Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.