Read Edit View history 局 jú HSK4 bureau Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bent, curved". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas jú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person bending over. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 局 Simp strokes 局 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 局 Simp strokes 局 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 局 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 426, 744 ], [ 438, 759 ], [ 628, 807 ], [ 667, 808 ], [ 704, 773 ], [ 668, 688 ], [ 639, 670 ] ], [ [ 392, 584 ], [ 415, 600 ], [ 628, 639 ], [ 677, 639 ], [ 703, 632 ] ], [ [ 348, 800 ], [ 383, 755 ], [ 384, 742 ], [ 353, 581 ], [ 315, 445 ], [ 264, 323 ], [ 222, 250 ], [ 143, 145 ], [ 90, 94 ] ], [ [ 348, 449 ], [ 470, 462 ], [ 778, 512 ], [ 801, 508 ], [ 831, 486 ], [ 841, 472 ], [ 818, 234 ], [ 800, 138 ], [ 773, 64 ], [ 754, 31 ], [ 719, 4 ], [ 697, 16 ], [ 629, 78 ] ], [ [ 356, 331 ], [ 379, 310 ], [ 386, 294 ], [ 417, 131 ] ], [ [ 407, 331 ], [ 421, 320 ], 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Z", "M 352 467 Q 368 524 384 580 L 392 616 Q 408 704 422 734 Q 422 735 423 736 C 433 761 433 761 419 773 Q 403 789 377 805 Q 358 818 343 815 Q 328 808 334 793 Q 352 756 343 699 Q 304 462 245 343 Q 202 256 91 109 Q 84 102 81 95 Q 77 83 89 85 Q 119 85 223 207 Q 242 235 264 268 Q 292 319 344 444 L 352 467 Z", "M 707 46 Q 694 45 634 81 Q 624 85 623 80 Q 622 76 631 64 Q 670 10 684 -26 Q 691 -48 706 -50 Q 725 -51 744 -33 Q 814 21 838 159 Q 854 253 867 399 Q 868 432 890 456 Q 905 471 904 480 Q 903 489 881 504 Q 853 526 813 539 Q 789 548 707 524 Q 419 473 352 467 C 322 463 314 449 344 444 Q 347 444 349 443 Q 386 433 429 441 Q 768 486 781 482 Q 785 481 789 475 Q 801 448 791 276 Q 779 155 740 78 Q 725 47 707 46 Z", "M 396 332 Q 383 336 362 341 Q 350 344 347 339 Q 340 333 348 318 Q 373 264 387 176 Q 390 149 405 131 Q 421 110 427 125 Q 431 137 430 154 L 426 191 Q 414 275 413 301 C 411 327 411 327 396 332 Z", "M 603 208 Q 625 277 649 296 Q 676 324 651 341 Q 582 381 582 382 Q 570 383 559 377 Q 514 350 396 332 C 366 327 384 293 413 301 Q 429 307 525 322 Q 556 328 564 315 Q 568 311 547 217 C 541 188 594 180 603 208 Z", "M 430 154 Q 464 166 611 175 Q 623 176 624 186 Q 624 193 603 208 L 547 217 Q 544 218 542 217 Q 478 201 426 191 C 397 185 401 145 430 154 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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 (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.