Read Edit View history Discussion 寡 guǎ HSK7 widowed, alone Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person living alone in a house (宀). The decorative strokes around the 頁 component corrupted into the unrelated 分. Pinyin Separate values with commas guǎ × 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 寡 Simp strokes 寡 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Used here to depict a person. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 寡 Simp strokes 寡 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Originally depicted decorative strokes around 頁. Modern form looks like unrelated 分. 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