Read Edit View history 妾 qiè concubine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a woman (女) with a damaged reputation (䇂 is a pictograph of a tool used to tattoo the face of criminals as punishment). Pinyin Separate values with commas qiè × 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 妾 Simp strokes 妾 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 妾 Simp strokes 妾 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 妾 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 454, 835 ], [ 539, 791 ], [ 567, 755 ] ], [ [ 323, 651 ], [ 345, 644 ], [ 407, 644 ], [ 671, 694 ], [ 710, 688 ] ], [ [ 371, 594 ], [ 416, 550 ], [ 429, 523 ] ], [ [ 581, 643 ], [ 607, 616 ], [ 606, 607 ], [ 564, 517 ], [ 535, 485 ] ], [ [ 268, 428 ], [ 312, 422 ], [ 492, 459 ], [ 669, 485 ], [ 716, 485 ], [ 764, 474 ] ], [ [ 431, 425 ], [ 454, 409 ], [ 463, 387 ], [ 383, 190 ], 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407 303 Q 254 290 83 272 Q 59 271 76 251 Q 91 235 111 229 Q 133 222 152 227 Q 267 255 394 269 L 443 274 Q 506 283 587 286 L 655 288 Z" ] } 8 strokes 妾 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 454, 835 ], [ 539, 791 ], [ 567, 755 ] ], [ [ 323, 651 ], [ 345, 644 ], [ 407, 644 ], [ 671, 694 ], [ 710, 688 ] ], [ [ 371, 594 ], [ 416, 550 ], [ 429, 523 ] ], [ [ 581, 643 ], [ 607, 616 ], [ 606, 607 ], [ 564, 517 ], [ 535, 485 ] ], [ [ 268, 428 ], [ 312, 422 ], [ 492, 459 ], [ 669, 485 ], [ 716, 485 ], [ 764, 474 ] ], [ [ 431, 425 ], [ 454, 409 ], [ 463, 387 ], [ 383, 190 ], [ 415, 170 ], [ 542, 123 ], [ 660, 64 ], [ 717, 31 ], [ 768, -24 ] ], [ [ 596, 348 ], [ 623, 319 ], [ 622, 299 ], [ 604, 248 ], [ 563, 171 ], [ 501, 102 ], [ 465, 77 ], [ 401, 48 ], [ 314, 28 ], [ 245, 27 ] ], [ [ 79, 262 ], [ 133, 251 ], [ 538, 303 ], [ 839, 325 ], [ 883, 320 ], [ 933, 303 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 480 794 Q 508 773 537 747 Q 553 735 569 737 Q 581 738 585 752 Q 589 768 577 799 Q 570 818 537 830 Q 461 851 448 843 Q 442 839 445 825 Q 449 815 480 794 Z", "M 609 654 Q 712 678 714 679 Q 723 686 719 696 Q 712 708 682 717 Q 658 723 544 692 Q 427 668 331 661 Q 294 657 320 638 Q 363 611 419 623 Q 492 636 571 648 L 609 654 Z", "M 372 565 Q 394 519 420 504 Q 433 500 443 509 Q 450 519 451 536 Q 450 558 436 573 Q 391 607 366 603 Q 360 603 361 591 Q 360 581 372 565 Z", "M 567 489 Q 591 523 615 561 Q 624 576 640 594 Q 655 606 647 617 Q 638 635 609 654 C 584 671 559 676 571 648 Q 572 647 573 645 Q 582 612 538 504 Q 532 492 529 481 C 520 452 550 464 567 489 Z", "M 458 434 Q 524 453 713 459 Q 764 459 772 469 Q 776 479 761 491 Q 710 527 654 508 Q 615 501 567 489 L 529 481 Q 513 480 496 475 Q 393 457 270 436 Q 251 433 266 419 Q 279 407 295 403 Q 314 399 329 404 Q 374 419 425 428 L 458 434 Z", "M 536 99 Q 609 59 721 -24 Q 749 -45 766 -44 Q 788 -43 788 -22 Q 788 -1 757 46 Q 744 68 712 80 Q 633 114 569 138 L 518 156 Q 464 177 423 186 Q 401 190 413 211 Q 429 248 443 274 L 459 308 Q 477 350 494 375 Q 504 382 501 392 Q 495 407 458 434 C 434 452 419 457 425 428 Q 437 401 420 344 Q 414 323 407 303 L 394 269 Q 379 233 363 210 Q 353 191 356 178 Q 359 168 377 164 Q 429 152 484 124 L 536 99 Z", "M 484 124 Q 403 61 234 32 Q 215 25 235 20 Q 416 -19 536 99 L 569 138 Q 608 186 633 244 Q 645 274 655 288 C 670 314 673 319 657 333 Q 627 363 595 360 Q 582 359 586 342 Q 589 335 590 324 L 587 286 Q 583 265 570 240 Q 548 191 518 156 L 484 124 Z", "M 655 288 Q 743 292 851 289 Q 887 288 919 287 Q 941 287 946 296 Q 953 309 935 324 Q 872 373 815 357 Q 746 347 657 333 L 590 324 Q 482 315 459 308 L 407 303 Q 254 290 83 272 Q 59 271 76 251 Q 91 235 111 229 Q 133 222 152 227 Q 267 255 394 269 L 443 274 Q 506 283 587 286 L 655 288 Z" ] } 8 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) 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