Read Edit View history Discussion 孰 shú who? which? what? which one? Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person with both hands outstretched (丮) offering food at a temple (享). Based on the original meaning "offer sacrifice". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas shú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a temple or shrine. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 孰 Simp strokes 孰 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person with both hands outstretched. Modern form looks like unrelated 丸. 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274 Q 515 148 435 31 Q 431 24 428 18 Q 425 8 436 9 Q 467 15 552 140 Q 576 188 603 236 L 623 287 Z", "M 676 487 Q 751 511 760 505 Q 748 394 736 282 Q 715 101 833 11 Q 848 2 866 -6 Q 903 -21 953 -19 Q 969 -19 973 -11 Q 980 -1 971 27 Q 961 75 964 155 Q 964 168 958 175 Q 951 182 946 165 Q 919 59 903 51 Q 894 48 887 50 Q 862 54 837 81 Q 771 147 780 285 Q 786 445 854 503 Q 866 510 856 521 Q 844 537 811 552 Q 780 565 767 558 Q 727 539 682 522 L 627 506 Q 581 496 530 486 Q 517 482 515 476 Q 514 469 527 465 Q 549 455 580 464 Q 601 468 622 473 L 676 487 Z", "M 603 236 Q 666 173 668 172 Q 675 171 681 178 Q 691 188 682 222 Q 673 252 623 287 L 582 314 Q 536 342 511 355 Q 504 359 502 350 Q 501 340 509 331 Q 537 306 567 274 L 603 236 Z" ] } 11 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 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