Read Edit View history 巳 sì 6th terrestrial branch Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a snake-like creature. Based on the original meaning "a type of snake creature". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas sì ×yǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 巳 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 348, 657 ], [ 373, 678 ], [ 542, 722 ], [ 577, 729 ], [ 606, 720 ], [ 627, 703 ], [ 632, 684 ], [ 593, 551 ], [ 567, 534 ] ], [ [ 323, 465 ], [ 332, 456 ], [ 364, 455 ], [ 459, 472 ], [ 557, 498 ], [ 627, 500 ] ], [ [ 262, 713 ], [ 308, 671 ], [ 289, 436 ], [ 288, 267 ], [ 307, 197 ], [ 321, 175 ], [ 352, 147 ], [ 436, 117 ], [ 548, 106 ], [ 671, 108 ], [ 760, 117 ], [ 821, 130 ], [ 874, 162 ], [ 875, 321 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 613 523 Q 644 646 685 678 Q 703 699 686 718 Q 599 778 542 745 Q 449 711 346 689 C 317 683 315 645 344 651 Q 357 652 375 659 Q 463 678 549 699 Q 571 706 580 697 Q 592 685 589 661 Q 577 588 560 529 C 552 500 605 494 613 523 Z", "M 312 443 Q 363 422 414 437 Q 499 453 588 473 Q 628 482 635 488 Q 645 497 640 507 Q 633 517 613 523 L 560 529 Q 544 528 530 521 Q 427 485 315 474 Q 314 474 314 473 C 285 467 284 454 312 443 Z", "M 326 134 Q 411 68 662 78 Q 813 84 895 113 Q 923 119 931 134 Q 937 144 926 165 Q 904 210 888 308 Q 884 324 876 329 Q 870 332 867 317 Q 854 263 843 218 Q 833 178 809 164 Q 787 151 672 140 Q 554 130 461 141 Q 391 151 364 169 Q 328 193 318 237 Q 305 301 312 439 Q 312 442 312 443 L 314 473 Q 321 591 344 651 C 353 680 354 684 346 689 L 346 690 Q 333 703 295 720 Q 262 732 252 722 Q 243 715 257 693 Q 278 662 276 615 Q 270 482 264 330 Q 255 198 326 134 Z" ] } 3 strokes 巳 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 348, 657 ], [ 373, 678 ], [ 542, 722 ], [ 577, 729 ], [ 606, 720 ], [ 627, 703 ], [ 632, 684 ], [ 593, 551 ], [ 567, 534 ] ], [ [ 323, 465 ], [ 332, 456 ], [ 364, 455 ], [ 459, 472 ], [ 557, 498 ], [ 627, 500 ] ], [ [ 262, 713 ], [ 308, 671 ], [ 289, 436 ], [ 288, 267 ], [ 307, 197 ], [ 321, 175 ], [ 352, 147 ], [ 436, 117 ], [ 548, 106 ], [ 671, 108 ], [ 760, 117 ], [ 821, 130 ], [ 874, 162 ], [ 875, 321 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 613 523 Q 644 646 685 678 Q 703 699 686 718 Q 599 778 542 745 Q 449 711 346 689 C 317 683 315 645 344 651 Q 357 652 375 659 Q 463 678 549 699 Q 571 706 580 697 Q 592 685 589 661 Q 577 588 560 529 C 552 500 605 494 613 523 Z", "M 312 443 Q 363 422 414 437 Q 499 453 588 473 Q 628 482 635 488 Q 645 497 640 507 Q 633 517 613 523 L 560 529 Q 544 528 530 521 Q 427 485 315 474 Q 314 474 314 473 C 285 467 284 454 312 443 Z", "M 326 134 Q 411 68 662 78 Q 813 84 895 113 Q 923 119 931 134 Q 937 144 926 165 Q 904 210 888 308 Q 884 324 876 329 Q 870 332 867 317 Q 854 263 843 218 Q 833 178 809 164 Q 787 151 672 140 Q 554 130 461 141 Q 391 151 364 169 Q 328 193 318 237 Q 305 301 312 439 Q 312 442 312 443 L 314 473 Q 321 591 344 651 C 353 680 354 684 346 689 L 346 690 Q 333 703 295 720 Q 262 732 252 722 Q 243 715 257 693 Q 278 662 276 615 Q 270 482 264 330 Q 255 198 326 134 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.