Read Edit View history Discussion 媧 wā a goddess Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 娲 × 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 媧 Simp strokes 媧 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 媧 Simp strokes 媧 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 媧 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 223, 745 ], [ 248, 728 ], [ 271, 694 ], [ 235, 458 ], [ 191, 282 ], [ 208, 256 ], [ 325, 156 ], [ 337, 139 ], [ 348, 97 ] ], [ [ 328, 477 ], [ 354, 453 ], [ 360, 430 ], [ 333, 313 ], [ 287, 196 ], [ 249, 140 ], [ 199, 90 ], [ 140, 49 ], [ 81, 24 ] ], [ [ 52, 379 ], [ 98, 360 ], [ 185, 387 ], [ 313, 416 ], [ 321, 427 ] ], [ [ 476, 717 ], [ 509, 685 ], [ 518, 662 ], [ 535, 421 ], [ 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230 Q 260 243 232 260 Q 210 275 215 297 Q 227 339 238 380 L 247 417 Z", "M 255 186 Q 197 99 107 50 Q 91 40 77 30 Q 64 23 75 19 Q 132 13 218 83 Q 261 114 286 152 L 317 204 Q 338 246 375 373 Q 381 406 398 434 Q 408 450 393 459 Q 350 495 327 488 Q 314 485 319 471 Q 326 453 327 433 L 326 407 Q 317 325 279 230 L 255 186 Z", "M 327 433 Q 287 426 247 417 L 204 409 Q 152 402 102 391 Q 83 387 54 391 Q 42 391 40 383 Q 37 371 44 364 Q 63 348 89 328 Q 98 324 109 331 Q 149 353 192 367 Q 193 368 196 368 L 238 380 Q 280 393 325 407 L 326 407 C 355 415 357 438 327 433 Z", "M 532 705 Q 513 718 490 726 Q 477 730 468 725 Q 461 719 467 705 Q 489 663 498 618 Q 505 573 517 396 C 519 366 557 375 555 405 Q 540 609 549 671 L 549 674 C 551 693 551 693 532 705 Z", "M 773 443 Q 786 630 828 690 Q 853 720 826 735 Q 804 747 773 765 Q 751 777 730 763 Q 661 724 532 705 C 502 700 521 664 549 674 Q 552 678 686 708 Q 728 718 737 701 Q 753 689 743 618 Q 742 605 739 590 L 735 562 Q 726 504 718 434 C 715 404 771 413 773 443 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230 551 165 Q 555 146 566 133 Q 582 115 586 129 Q 587 135 588 144 L 585 175 Q 576 233 574 254 C 572 276 572 276 562 279 Z", "M 731 193 Q 747 244 764 259 Q 783 281 764 294 Q 710 327 703 325 Q 696 325 690 321 Q 651 297 562 279 C 533 273 545 245 574 254 Q 610 266 664 277 Q 689 283 696 272 Q 699 269 684 198 C 678 169 722 164 731 193 Z", "M 588 144 Q 594 143 604 145 Q 647 155 741 163 Q 751 164 752 173 Q 752 180 731 193 C 719 201 714 200 684 198 Q 683 199 680 198 Q 628 185 585 175 C 556 168 558 146 588 144 Z" ] } 12 strokes 媧 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 223, 745 ], [ 248, 728 ], [ 271, 694 ], [ 235, 458 ], [ 191, 282 ], [ 208, 256 ], [ 325, 156 ], [ 337, 139 ], [ 348, 97 ] ], [ [ 328, 477 ], [ 354, 453 ], [ 360, 430 ], [ 333, 313 ], [ 287, 196 ], [ 249, 140 ], [ 199, 90 ], [ 140, 49 ], [ 81, 24 ] ], [ [ 52, 379 ], [ 98, 360 ], [ 185, 387 ], [ 313, 416 ], [ 321, 427 ] ], [ [ 476, 717 ], [ 509, 685 ], [ 518, 662 ], [ 535, 421 ], [ 521, 409 ] ], [ [ 542, 704 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275 215 297 Q 227 339 238 380 L 247 417 Z", "M 255 186 Q 197 99 107 50 Q 91 40 77 30 Q 64 23 75 19 Q 132 13 218 83 Q 261 114 286 152 L 317 204 Q 338 246 375 373 Q 381 406 398 434 Q 408 450 393 459 Q 350 495 327 488 Q 314 485 319 471 Q 326 453 327 433 L 326 407 Q 317 325 279 230 L 255 186 Z", "M 327 433 Q 287 426 247 417 L 204 409 Q 152 402 102 391 Q 83 387 54 391 Q 42 391 40 383 Q 37 371 44 364 Q 63 348 89 328 Q 98 324 109 331 Q 149 353 192 367 Q 193 368 196 368 L 238 380 Q 280 393 325 407 L 326 407 C 355 415 357 438 327 433 Z", "M 532 705 Q 513 718 490 726 Q 477 730 468 725 Q 461 719 467 705 Q 489 663 498 618 Q 505 573 517 396 C 519 366 557 375 555 405 Q 540 609 549 671 L 549 674 C 551 693 551 693 532 705 Z", "M 773 443 Q 786 630 828 690 Q 853 720 826 735 Q 804 747 773 765 Q 751 777 730 763 Q 661 724 532 705 C 502 700 521 664 549 674 Q 552 678 686 708 Q 728 718 737 701 Q 753 689 743 618 Q 742 605 739 590 L 735 562 Q 726 504 718 434 C 715 404 771 413 773 443 Z", "M 648 423 Q 652 543 659 548 C 666 564 666 564 651 572 Q 629 584 612 587 Q 602 588 596 583 Q 592 579 597 569 Q 607 556 609 545 Q 616 487 619 418 C 620 388 647 393 648 423 Z", "M 659 548 Q 699 557 735 562 C 765 566 767 578 739 590 Q 738 591 733 592 Q 706 595 651 572 C 623 561 630 541 659 548 Z", "M 459 382 Q 440 401 416 407 Q 410 410 406 404 Q 402 397 405 385 Q 427 337 429 297 Q 430 206 414 103 Q 410 81 418 61 Q 428 42 444 29 Q 457 19 460 30 Q 467 34 470 54 Q 476 76 472 154 Q 469 337 476 345 C 480 363 480 363 459 382 Z", "M 476 345 Q 647 403 814 417 Q 833 416 842 406 Q 849 399 844 385 Q 850 132 833 94 Q 829 84 816 85 Q 788 86 759 88 Q 731 88 753 73 Q 819 31 847 -2 Q 863 -18 878 -3 Q 897 19 905 52 Q 915 88 903 280 Q 897 352 916 389 Q 929 408 923 416 Q 916 428 867 456 Q 849 469 835 462 Q 811 453 773 443 L 718 434 Q 678 430 648 423 L 619 418 Q 582 414 555 405 L 517 396 Q 484 389 459 382 C 430 374 448 336 476 345 Z", "M 562 279 Q 552 283 527 288 Q 517 289 514 286 Q 510 280 517 267 Q 536 230 551 165 Q 555 146 566 133 Q 582 115 586 129 Q 587 135 588 144 L 585 175 Q 576 233 574 254 C 572 276 572 276 562 279 Z", "M 731 193 Q 747 244 764 259 Q 783 281 764 294 Q 710 327 703 325 Q 696 325 690 321 Q 651 297 562 279 C 533 273 545 245 574 254 Q 610 266 664 277 Q 689 283 696 272 Q 699 269 684 198 C 678 169 722 164 731 193 Z", "M 588 144 Q 594 143 604 145 Q 647 155 741 163 Q 751 164 752 173 Q 752 180 731 193 C 719 201 714 200 684 198 Q 683 199 680 198 Q 628 185 585 175 C 556 168 558 146 588 144 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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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