Read Edit View history Discussion 待 dàidāi HSK3 wait, stay, treat Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas dài × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 彳 is a component form of 行. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 待 Simp strokes 待 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 待 Simp strokes 待 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 待 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 331, 781 ], [ 343, 770 ], [ 357, 734 ], [ 323, 679 ], [ 208, 553 ], [ 168, 525 ] ], [ [ 321, 566 ], [ 347, 529 ], [ 350, 516 ], [ 338, 495 ], [ 263, 395 ], [ 181, 304 ], [ 130, 257 ], [ 84, 225 ] ], [ [ 287, 374 ], [ 296, 312 ], [ 280, 94 ], [ 286, 26 ] ], [ [ 497, 633 ], [ 521, 627 ], [ 572, 629 ], [ 747, 674 ], [ 777, 675 ], [ 792, 669 ] ], [ [ 590, 837 ], [ 636, 797 ], [ 630, 542 ], [ 613, 517 ] ], [ [ 392, 460 ], [ 445, 456 ], [ 603, 492 ], [ 877, 540 ], [ 919, 538 ], [ 954, 528 ] ], [ [ 405, 325 ], [ 460, 321 ], [ 574, 347 ], [ 810, 388 ], [ 845, 387 ], [ 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