Read Edit View history 必 bì HSK2 surely Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a weapon handle, now written as 柲. 八 was later added as a decorative mark. Similar to 戈 but without the blade. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas bì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 必 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 187, 469 ], [ 185, 398 ], [ 148, 248 ] ], [ [ 306, 468 ], [ 331, 431 ], [ 366, 315 ], [ 403, 244 ], [ 465, 190 ], [ 535, 162 ], [ 618, 149 ], [ 699, 152 ], [ 733, 161 ], [ 768, 186 ], [ 755, 230 ], [ 703, 336 ] ], [ [ 375, 694 ], [ 457, 605 ], [ 467, 579 ] ], [ [ 619, 759 ], [ 643, 738 ], [ 657, 715 ], [ 660, 705 ], [ 651, 668 ], [ 588, 461 ], [ 539, 358 ], [ 494, 287 ], [ 461, 244 ], [ 407, 190 ], [ 356, 151 ], [ 268, 98 ], [ 198, 65 ], [ 154, 53 ] ], [ [ 753, 525 ], [ 893, 440 ], [ 933, 378 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 173 466 Q 155 387 124 315 Q 109 273 133 240 Q 145 222 166 239 Q 188 261 198 299 Q 216 357 212 406 Q 212 443 200 470 Q 193 479 186 479 Q 176 476 173 466 Z", "M 431 175 Q 548 88 749 123 Q 752 124 756 125 Q 792 135 833 159 Q 849 166 846 173 Q 843 186 823 206 Q 792 234 710 333 Q 703 342 697 342 Q 694 341 695 333 Q 708 285 722 232 Q 726 210 713 197 Q 673 172 544 196 Q 505 206 478 219 L 430 254 Q 382 305 353 430 Q 346 460 324 472 Q 306 482 299 474 Q 295 470 301 450 Q 311 425 332 353 Q 353 263 392 214 L 431 175 Z", "M 377 656 Q 425 575 456 556 Q 472 549 486 562 Q 496 575 497 595 Q 494 643 403 696 Q 402 697 401 697 Q 383 707 371 705 Q 364 705 364 690 Q 363 677 377 656 Z", "M 392 214 Q 325 148 151 61 Q 132 51 148 46 Q 166 43 211 54 Q 302 82 376 134 Q 406 153 431 175 L 478 219 Q 595 372 630 494 Q 676 645 709 695 Q 724 716 705 730 Q 654 781 618 775 Q 600 772 605 752 Q 632 676 568 492 Q 549 440 519 381 Q 480 312 430 254 L 392 214 Z", "M 753 504 Q 817 455 895 383 Q 914 364 932 360 Q 942 359 949 371 Q 961 387 943 433 Q 936 458 915 474 Q 893 490 841 509 Q 783 530 751 538 Q 741 542 740 529 Q 740 514 753 504 Z" ] } 5 strokes 必 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 188, 475 ], [ 150, 236 ] ], [ [ 305, 468 ], [ 398, 251 ], [ 514, 166 ], [ 680, 149 ], [ 786, 184 ], [ 701, 334 ] ], [ [ 372, 700 ], [ 476, 559 ] ], [ [ 747, 530 ], [ 885, 447 ], [ 938, 367 ] ], [ [ 609, 766 ], [ 663, 692 ], [ 592, 474 ], [ 509, 307 ], [ 368, 161 ], [ 148, 54 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M173,466C160,414 143,364 124,315C112,288 117,263 133,240C141,229 152,227 166,239C181,253 190,274 198,299C209,338 213,374 212,406C210,431 209,453 200,470C196,477 190,480 186,479C179,478 174,473 173,466Z", "M431,175C465,151 485,139 530,128C591,113 688,108 756,125C780,132 845,160 846,173C846,182 835,194 823,206C801,226 764,268 710,333C705,340 701,343 697,342C694,342 693,340 695,333C703,302 713,269 722,232C725,219 723,205 713,197C691,182 651,175 586,184C532,192 505,202 478,219C460,230 446,238 432,252C406,278 379,328 353,430C347,451 337,464 324,472C311,479 303,480 299,474C296,472 295,464 301,450C306,434 319,403 332,353C347,295 366,252 392,214C401,199 416,187 431,175Z", "M377,656C409,603 434,568 456,556C466,551 477,553 486,562C493,570 497,582 497,595C496,627 463,661 403,696C402,697 401,697 401,697C388,704 379,706 371,705C366,705 364,700 364,690C363,682 368,671 377,656Z", "M753,504C795,472 843,432 895,383C908,371 919,363 932,360C938,359 943,364 949,371C956,382 953,402 943,433C937,450 929,464 915,474C900,485 875,497 841,509C802,524 772,532 751,538C744,540 740,538 740,529C739,519 744,511 753,504Z", "M392,214C330,163 266,120 151,61C138,55 136,49 148,46C158,44 181,46 211,54C272,72 368,121 431,175C447,189 463,204 478,219C567,320 613,429 673,617C685,656 696,678 709,695C718,710 715,720 705,730C668,763 642,779 618,775C606,773 600,766 605,752C616,719 625,680 608,617C568,477 516,349 432,252C419,239 406,226 392,214Z" ] } 5 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.