Read Edit View history Discussion 媒 méi HSK3 matchmaker, medium Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas méi ×mèi × 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 媒 Simp strokes 媒 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 媒 Simp strokes 媒 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 媒 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 246, 815 ], [ 269, 797 ], [ 290, 765 ], [ 237, 484 ], [ 189, 323 ], [ 190, 311 ], [ 206, 294 ], [ 358, 203 ], [ 383, 166 ], [ 385, 153 ] ], [ [ 332, 532 ], [ 344, 525 ], [ 369, 492 ], [ 334, 338 ], [ 304, 263 ], [ 268, 207 ], [ 221, 160 ], [ 150, 111 ], [ 103, 90 ] ], [ [ 53, 428 ], [ 100, 409 ], [ 315, 471 ], [ 326, 483 ] ], [ [ 399, 638 ], [ 439, 629 ], [ 565, 646 ], [ 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