Read Edit View history 姜 Jiāngjiāng HSK7 surname Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 薑; grass 艹 provides the meaning while 畺 provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas jiāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 姜 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 姜 ×薑 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 姜 Simp strokes 姜 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 姜 Simp strokes 姜 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 姜 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 335, 796 ], [ 439, 712 ] ], [ [ 615, 848 ], [ 643, 800 ], [ 530, 704 ] ], [ [ 321, 631 ], [ 699, 663 ] ], [ [ 294, 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520 504 Z", "M 514 426 Q 517 468 520 504 L 522 542 Q 523 552 524 562 Q 530 598 524 605 Q 517 612 509 618 C 485 637 458 642 463 612 Q 466 600 470 532 L 471 496 Q 471 465 471 420 C 471 390 512 396 514 426 Z", "M 459 383 Q 486 393 732 393 Q 750 393 754 400 Q 760 410 745 423 Q 694 460 640 447 Q 588 438 514 426 L 471 420 Q 374 408 263 396 Q 244 395 258 379 Q 271 366 287 361 Q 306 357 320 360 Q 369 373 423 379 L 459 383 Z", "M 455 276 Q 459 282 462 286 Q 474 311 487 325 Q 497 332 495 343 Q 491 356 459 383 C 437 403 421 409 423 379 L 424 377 Q 431 350 398 270 L 382 235 Q 364 204 349 183 Q 337 164 340 151 Q 343 141 361 136 Q 436 120 476 93 L 525 68 Q 594 29 693 -45 Q 721 -66 739 -64 Q 761 -63 760 -42 Q 760 -21 728 25 Q 715 49 684 60 Q 614 88 558 110 L 509 127 Q 449 149 407 158 Q 388 162 399 181 Q 418 215 434 240 L 455 276 Z", "M 638 297 Q 605 324 576 322 Q 563 319 568 304 Q 571 297 572 288 L 570 250 Q 561 195 509 127 L 476 93 Q 401 32 241 0 Q 223 -7 243 -12 Q 420 -42 525 68 L 558 110 Q 592 156 616 211 Q 626 239 636 253 C 651 279 655 285 638 297 Z", "M 636 253 Q 724 256 835 253 Q 871 252 902 251 Q 924 250 930 260 Q 937 273 919 288 Q 862 333 820 325 Q 745 312 638 297 L 572 288 Q 530 285 485 279 Q 470 278 455 276 L 398 270 Q 245 257 75 240 Q 51 239 68 219 Q 83 203 103 197 Q 125 190 144 194 Q 256 222 382 235 L 434 240 Q 494 247 570 250 L 636 253 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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