Read Edit View history 戌 quxū 11th terrestrial branch Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of an axe. Similar to 戈 and 戊. Pinyin Separate values with commas xū ×qu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 戌 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 298, 531 ], [ 314, 523 ], [ 366, 526 ], [ 485, 555 ], [ 633, 602 ], [ 689, 606 ] ], [ [ 224, 547 ], [ 241, 537 ], [ 264, 507 ], [ 260, 372 ], [ 242, 253 ], [ 215, 181 ], [ 186, 138 ], [ 141, 87 ], [ 85, 49 ] ], [ [ 284, 289 ], [ 292, 296 ], [ 341, 297 ], [ 424, 319 ], [ 457, 319 ] ], [ [ 403, 810 ], [ 440, 798 ], [ 470, 775 ], [ 503, 606 ], [ 553, 443 ], [ 611, 300 ], [ 689, 171 ], [ 781, 74 ], [ 823, 46 ], [ 865, 33 ], [ 891, 83 ], [ 922, 192 ] ], [ [ 704, 451 ], [ 722, 419 ], [ 720, 401 ], [ 681, 320 ], [ 626, 240 ], [ 570, 180 ], [ 498, 126 ], [ 400, 76 ] ], [ [ 646, 781 ], [ 745, 730 ], [ 779, 690 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 545 548 Q 692 591 696 595 Q 705 604 700 612 Q 693 624 662 630 Q 632 634 532 595 L 486 579 Q 476 578 468 574 Q 392 552 300 538 Q 296 538 292 536 C 263 530 272 518 301 510 Q 346 495 391 508 Q 443 521 499 536 L 545 548 Z", "M 292 536 Q 237 563 222 561 Q 203 558 218 535 Q 242 493 227 302 Q 218 254 194 197 Q 173 146 96 68 Q 81 55 78 48 Q 77 41 88 42 Q 127 42 189 107 Q 225 144 246 187 Q 264 229 274 286 L 278 307 Q 291 377 296 476 Q 299 497 301 510 C 304 530 304 530 292 536 Z", "M 274 286 Q 320 265 369 282 Q 406 292 445 301 Q 461 305 465 309 Q 472 316 468 325 Q 461 335 431 341 Q 416 344 336 319 Q 312 313 282 309 Q 278 309 278 307 C 251 296 251 296 274 286 Z", "M 632 208 Q 695 94 835 -10 Q 877 -44 902 -46 Q 924 -42 917 -12 Q 916 34 930 169 Q 931 197 923 199 Q 916 199 904 176 Q 886 140 871 111 Q 856 81 844 82 Q 831 79 800 99 Q 743 144 667 250 L 639 301 Q 591 391 545 548 L 532 595 Q 508 691 508 767 Q 515 810 456 825 Q 419 837 398 826 Q 379 817 391 798 Q 443 761 448 727 Q 467 648 486 579 L 499 536 Q 544 385 606 256 L 632 208 Z", "M 606 256 Q 540 172 398 82 Q 389 75 395 71 Q 402 68 414 71 Q 481 90 541 130 Q 595 163 632 208 L 667 250 Q 715 325 763 401 Q 772 411 767 421 Q 763 433 733 453 Q 712 468 702 467 Q 689 466 688 449 Q 688 379 639 301 L 606 256 Z", "M 673 739 Q 710 714 750 682 Q 765 670 781 672 Q 793 673 797 688 Q 800 704 788 734 Q 773 771 663 788 Q 647 791 640 787 Q 636 783 638 769 Q 642 759 673 739 Z" ] } 6 strokes 戌 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 298, 531 ], [ 314, 523 ], [ 366, 526 ], [ 485, 555 ], [ 633, 602 ], [ 689, 606 ] ], [ [ 224, 547 ], [ 241, 537 ], [ 264, 507 ], [ 260, 372 ], [ 242, 253 ], [ 215, 181 ], [ 186, 138 ], [ 141, 87 ], [ 85, 49 ] ], [ [ 284, 289 ], [ 292, 296 ], [ 341, 297 ], [ 424, 319 ], [ 457, 319 ] ], [ [ 403, 810 ], [ 440, 798 ], [ 470, 775 ], [ 503, 606 ], [ 553, 443 ], [ 611, 300 ], [ 689, 171 ], [ 781, 74 ], [ 823, 46 ], [ 865, 33 ], [ 891, 83 ], [ 922, 192 ] ], [ [ 704, 451 ], [ 722, 419 ], [ 720, 401 ], [ 681, 320 ], [ 626, 240 ], [ 570, 180 ], [ 498, 126 ], [ 400, 76 ] ], [ [ 646, 781 ], [ 745, 730 ], [ 779, 690 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 545 548 Q 692 591 696 595 Q 705 604 700 612 Q 693 624 662 630 Q 632 634 532 595 L 486 579 Q 476 578 468 574 Q 392 552 300 538 Q 296 538 292 536 C 263 530 272 518 301 510 Q 346 495 391 508 Q 443 521 499 536 L 545 548 Z", "M 292 536 Q 237 563 222 561 Q 203 558 218 535 Q 242 493 227 302 Q 218 254 194 197 Q 173 146 96 68 Q 81 55 78 48 Q 77 41 88 42 Q 127 42 189 107 Q 225 144 246 187 Q 264 229 274 286 L 278 307 Q 291 377 296 476 Q 299 497 301 510 C 304 530 304 530 292 536 Z", "M 274 286 Q 320 265 369 282 Q 406 292 445 301 Q 461 305 465 309 Q 472 316 468 325 Q 461 335 431 341 Q 416 344 336 319 Q 312 313 282 309 Q 278 309 278 307 C 251 296 251 296 274 286 Z", "M 632 208 Q 695 94 835 -10 Q 877 -44 902 -46 Q 924 -42 917 -12 Q 916 34 930 169 Q 931 197 923 199 Q 916 199 904 176 Q 886 140 871 111 Q 856 81 844 82 Q 831 79 800 99 Q 743 144 667 250 L 639 301 Q 591 391 545 548 L 532 595 Q 508 691 508 767 Q 515 810 456 825 Q 419 837 398 826 Q 379 817 391 798 Q 443 761 448 727 Q 467 648 486 579 L 499 536 Q 544 385 606 256 L 632 208 Z", "M 606 256 Q 540 172 398 82 Q 389 75 395 71 Q 402 68 414 71 Q 481 90 541 130 Q 595 163 632 208 L 667 250 Q 715 325 763 401 Q 772 411 767 421 Q 763 433 733 453 Q 712 468 702 467 Q 689 466 688 449 Q 688 379 639 301 L 606 256 Z", "M 673 739 Q 710 714 750 682 Q 765 670 781 672 Q 793 673 797 688 Q 800 704 788 734 Q 773 771 663 788 Q 647 791 640 787 Q 636 783 638 769 Q 642 759 673 739 Z" ] } 6 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.