Read Edit View history Discussion 德 dé HSK5 virtue Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as 惪, depicting a straight (直) heart (心). The 彳 (walk) component was added later. Pinyin Separate values with commas dé × 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 德 Simp strokes 德 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Original form of 德. 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868 18 Q 883 24 882 29 Q 879 39 863 55 Q 838 79 773 160 Q 767 169 761 170 Q 758 169 759 161 Q 763 124 767 80 Q 768 62 756 55 Z", "M 583 223 Q 631 154 660 150 Q 673 149 682 167 Q 683 180 675 202 Q 665 220 642 229 Q 605 248 589 251 Q 579 254 578 242 Q 577 233 583 223 Z", "M 780 251 Q 826 217 884 165 Q 903 147 918 144 Q 927 144 933 155 Q 943 168 926 210 Q 914 247 844 267 Q 801 277 777 282 Q 768 286 767 273 Q 768 260 780 251 Z" ] } 15 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.