Read Edit View history 川 chuānChuān HSK7 stream Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a river. Pinyin Separate values with commas chuān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 川 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 248, 648 ], [ 267, 639 ], [ 296, 609 ], [ 298, 434 ], [ 285, 330 ], [ 265, 258 ], [ 231, 188 ], [ 172, 116 ], [ 120, 78 ] ], [ [ 473, 613 ], [ 505, 575 ], [ 497, 168 ] ], [ [ 681, 776 ], [ 710, 754 ], [ 734, 723 ], [ 733, 239 ], [ 723, 76 ], [ 727, -16 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 243 634 Q 279 580 265 371 Q 258 316 235 251 Q 214 194 131 99 Q 115 84 112 77 Q 111 70 124 70 Q 164 73 233 149 Q 315 251 329 461 Q 332 576 336 609 Q 342 631 318 642 Q 263 667 246 663 Q 224 659 243 634 Z", "M 458 602 Q 500 502 462 251 Q 453 209 484 163 L 486 161 Q 496 149 508 162 Q 535 207 533 266 Q 524 420 536 528 Q 537 549 541 567 Q 548 592 526 605 Q 507 617 488 627 Q 475 631 464 626 Q 454 619 458 602 Z", "M 688 96 Q 678 56 706 -10 Q 713 -28 721 -31 Q 728 -38 735 -30 Q 765 -9 762 56 Q 747 584 769 693 Q 770 702 773 710 Q 782 726 779 740 Q 772 750 713 784 Q 688 802 667 785 Q 661 779 669 764 Q 702 715 703 662 Q 721 245 690 105 Q 689 102 688 96 Z" ] } 3 strokes 川 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 248, 648 ], [ 267, 639 ], [ 296, 609 ], [ 298, 434 ], [ 285, 330 ], [ 265, 258 ], [ 231, 188 ], [ 172, 116 ], [ 120, 78 ] ], [ [ 473, 613 ], [ 505, 575 ], [ 497, 168 ] ], [ [ 681, 776 ], [ 710, 754 ], [ 734, 723 ], [ 733, 239 ], [ 723, 76 ], [ 727, -16 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 243 634 Q 279 580 265 371 Q 258 316 235 251 Q 214 194 131 99 Q 115 84 112 77 Q 111 70 124 70 Q 164 73 233 149 Q 315 251 329 461 Q 332 576 336 609 Q 342 631 318 642 Q 263 667 246 663 Q 224 659 243 634 Z", "M 458 602 Q 500 502 462 251 Q 453 209 484 163 L 486 161 Q 496 149 508 162 Q 535 207 533 266 Q 524 420 536 528 Q 537 549 541 567 Q 548 592 526 605 Q 507 617 488 627 Q 475 631 464 626 Q 454 619 458 602 Z", "M 688 96 Q 678 56 706 -10 Q 713 -28 721 -31 Q 728 -38 735 -30 Q 765 -9 762 56 Q 747 584 769 693 Q 770 702 773 710 Q 782 726 779 740 Q 772 750 713 784 Q 688 802 667 785 Q 661 779 669 764 Q 702 715 703 662 Q 721 245 690 105 Q 689 102 688 96 Z" ] } 3 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 (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.