Read Edit View history Discussion 姊 zǐ elder sister Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 𠂔 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zǐ × 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 姊 Simp strokes 姊 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 姊 Simp strokes 姊 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 姊 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 254, 810 ], [ 280, 791 ], [ 301, 758 ], [ 253, 507 ], [ 205, 347 ], [ 206, 332 ], [ 362, 231 ], [ 384, 201 ], [ 389, 178 ] ], [ [ 362, 558 ], [ 380, 540 ], [ 391, 514 ], [ 351, 371 ], [ 316, 287 ], [ 295, 249 ], [ 237, 185 ], [ 170, 139 ], [ 124, 124 ] ], [ [ 49, 453 ], [ 99, 432 ], [ 335, 492 ], [ 353, 505 ] ], [ [ 840, 640 ], [ 773, 655 ], [ 672, 605 ], [ 535, 559 ], [ 525, 564 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Q 433 523 416 537 Q 379 570 364 570 Q 345 571 355 548 Q 359 532 359 512 L 355 483 Q 348 440 323 360 Q 314 332 298 301 L 274 260 Z", "M 359 512 Q 316 505 271 495 L 226 487 Q 166 478 104 467 Q 85 463 51 467 Q 39 467 36 458 Q 32 445 40 437 Q 59 419 89 398 Q 99 394 111 400 Q 165 431 216 442 L 259 454 Q 301 467 347 481 Q 350 482 355 483 C 384 491 389 517 359 512 Z", "M 668 581 Q 792 623 829 627 Q 845 627 850 634 Q 854 644 844 656 Q 825 674 782 694 Q 767 703 754 703 Q 747 699 745 689 Q 742 668 670 631 L 622 608 Q 574 587 517 565 C 489 554 502 540 531 547 Q 562 554 610 567 Q 616 568 623 569 L 668 581 Z", "M 667 424 Q 784 454 816 449 Q 829 449 835 437 Q 841 424 806 299 Q 802 283 786 286 Q 756 293 720 301 Q 693 308 713 284 Q 768 235 779 209 Q 786 196 800 198 Q 813 198 828 211 Q 858 247 874 318 Q 884 384 915 417 Q 931 436 919 449 Q 894 473 859 494 Q 847 503 771 482 Q 735 476 667 459 L 622 449 Q 517 427 512 426 Q 505 427 506 441 Q 515 510 526 530 Q 532 540 531 547 C 533 554 533 554 517 565 Q 504 578 482 587 Q 470 594 462 586 Q 455 580 463 563 Q 476 538 468 503 Q 455 439 438 415 Q 428 399 438 384 Q 448 359 462 352 Q 472 348 494 365 Q 513 384 569 402 Q 579 406 597 408 L 667 424 Z", "M 619 339 Q 619 171 594 80 Q 584 38 610 -25 Q 617 -44 625 -47 Q 632 -54 639 -45 Q 648 -41 658 -19 Q 668 6 667 40 Q 666 83 667 424 L 667 459 Q 667 517 668 581 L 670 631 Q 674 701 688 754 Q 698 770 694 783 Q 687 793 629 829 Q 604 847 583 830 Q 577 824 584 809 Q 618 758 620 707 Q 621 661 622 608 L 623 569 Q 623 559 624 547 Q 623 499 622 449 L 619 339 Z", "M 597 408 Q 528 252 350 99 Q 340 86 348 85 Q 357 81 369 87 Q 492 142 605 317 Q 612 330 619 339 C 679 425 611 439 597 408 Z" ] } 7 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 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