Read Edit View history Discussion 慘 cǎn HSK6 sad Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 參 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas cǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 惨 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 忄 is a component form of 心. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 慘 Simp strokes 慘 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 慘 Simp strokes 慘 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 慘 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 122, 569 ], [ 125, 492 ], [ 107, 378 ] ], [ [ 271, 645 ], [ 284, 631 ], [ 332, 611 ], [ 349, 579 ] ], [ [ 193, 804 ], [ 244, 750 ], [ 236, 341 ], [ 218, 74 ], [ 219, -2 ] ], [ [ 555, 876 ], [ 581, 849 ], [ 561, 796 ], [ 524, 740 ], [ 516, 712 ], [ 535, 710 ], [ 682, 759 ], [ 692, 751 ] ], [ [ 669, 812 ], [ 722, 774 ], [ 737, 750 ] ], [ [ 427, 664 ], [ 448, 638 ], [ 431, 599 ], [ 396, 552 ], [ 385, 520 ], [ 410, 519 ], [ 480, 552 ], [ 496, 549 ] ], [ [ 486, 602 ], [ 533, 555 ], [ 532, 532 ] ], [ [ 673, 716 ], [ 689, 702 ], [ 696, 683 ], [ 676, 638 ], [ 651, 603 ], 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751 288 765 Q 281 775 226 809 Q 202 827 181 811 Q 177 805 182 790 Q 213 741 215 666 Q 215 234 195 146 Q 177 73 183 53 Q 198 -8 214 -15 Q 220 -22 228 -13 Q 235 -9 246 12 Q 256 37 255 69 Q 254 118 263 577 Q 263 602 264 625 L 266 652 Z", "M 686 771 Q 619 756 552 733 Q 545 729 542 731 Q 541 732 544 739 Q 602 827 615 842 Q 624 851 618 861 Q 612 870 571 886 Q 558 890 549 887 Q 539 881 546 865 Q 568 811 490 731 Q 481 724 471 714 Q 461 704 464 695 Q 470 682 492 666 Q 502 659 512 668 Q 542 701 703 754 C 731 763 715 778 686 771 Z", "M 703 754 Q 710 742 732 733 Q 744 730 752 741 Q 756 751 756 765 Q 749 798 703 812 Q 673 822 665 819 Q 661 818 662 808 Q 663 798 675 786 Q 681 779 686 771 L 703 754 Z", "M 496 569 Q 457 556 417 538 Q 413 535 410 536 Q 409 537 412 544 Q 467 617 480 630 Q 490 639 484 648 Q 480 658 441 674 Q 428 680 420 676 Q 410 672 415 655 Q 433 601 349 526 Q 346 525 344 522 Q 334 512 337 504 Q 341 491 363 476 Q 373 469 382 478 Q 403 505 508 550 C 536 562 524 579 496 569 Z", "M 555 529 Q 559 539 558 559 Q 557 577 501 606 Q 489 610 484 610 Q 480 609 479 598 Q 480 589 496 569 L 508 550 Q 520 529 527 522 C 546 501 546 501 555 529 Z", "M 771 616 Q 725 609 676 594 Q 670 593 668 594 Q 667 595 670 601 Q 719 671 730 684 Q 739 691 733 702 Q 727 711 688 725 Q 675 729 667 726 Q 658 722 664 705 Q 688 650 600 578 Q 590 568 594 559 Q 598 546 620 532 Q 629 525 639 534 Q 669 561 783 596 C 812 605 801 621 771 616 Z", "M 783 596 Q 801 566 816 561 Q 826 560 833 569 Q 840 581 840 609 Q 840 627 817 646 Q 762 686 748 683 Q 744 680 741 669 Q 741 660 771 616 L 783 596 Z", "M 591 497 Q 595 504 594 510 Q 590 520 555 529 C 530 536 530 536 527 522 Q 526 521 526 517 Q 508 424 319 255 Q 306 245 291 231 Q 275 218 297 221 Q 390 239 530 417 Q 533 426 574 475 L 591 497 Z", "M 574 475 Q 668 387 770 306 Q 795 284 835 287 Q 905 291 979 313 Q 998 317 999 323 Q 1000 330 984 334 Q 935 347 875 359 Q 751 390 596 494 Q 593 497 591 497 C 566 513 552 495 574 475 Z", "M 555 418 Q 567 375 494 282 Q 475 258 425 210 Q 418 206 427 203 Q 508 233 605 363 Q 606 369 619 381 Q 626 385 624 394 Q 623 401 613 411 Q 586 435 560 430 Q 553 429 555 418 Z", "M 615 334 Q 618 280 537 191 Q 536 191 534 188 Q 510 163 449 113 Q 442 110 451 107 Q 529 107 666 281 Q 672 288 677 292 Q 683 296 682 304 Q 679 328 646 340 Q 630 346 621 345 Q 614 344 615 334 Z", "M 672 232 Q 675 157 547 26 Q 544 25 542 21 Q 503 -15 410 -84 Q 401 -88 412 -92 Q 464 -92 576 -9 Q 664 73 735 158 Q 745 170 751 175 Q 760 179 759 190 Q 758 200 746 215 Q 716 251 680 247 Q 670 246 672 232 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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