Read Edit View history Discussion 戏 xìhuī HSK3 play Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 戲. Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 䖒 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "military troops outside the main group". The meaning later shifted to "sport" and "play". Pinyin Separate values with commas xì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 戏 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 戲 ×戏 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the 䖒 component in the traditional character 戲. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 戏 Simp strokes 戏 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 戏 Simp strokes 戏 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 戏 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 148, 543 ], [ 188, 540 ], [ 247, 550 ], [ 338, 577 ], [ 390, 565 ], [ 350, 417 ], [ 323, 353 ], [ 286, 293 ], [ 247, 252 ], [ 183, 207 ], [ 120, 181 ], [ 88, 178 ] ], [ [ 166, 448 ], [ 279, 355 ], [ 368, 270 ], [ 391, 239 ], [ 400, 202 ] ], [ [ 450, 520 ], [ 481, 518 ], [ 541, 529 ], [ 631, 558 ], [ 703, 590 ], [ 763, 597 ] ], [ [ 512, 820 ], [ 531, 811 ], [ 555, 781 ], [ 590, 574 ], [ 634, 406 ], [ 678, 288 ], [ 754, 143 ], [ 810, 74 ], [ 845, 48 ], [ 878, 39 ], [ 911, 111 ], [ 936, 204 ] ], [ [ 772, 500 ], [ 788, 469 ], [ 781, 439 ], [ 729, 342 ], [ 670, 265 ], 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673 606 Q 645 593 614 579 L 569 561 Q 517 545 457 531 Q 421 521 449 507 Q 492 491 576 517 Q 577 518 580 518 L 625 532 Z", "M 676 233 Q 734 83 860 -17 Q 888 -41 904 -43 Q 919 -44 927 -32 Q 936 -23 929 22 Q 926 68 942 178 Q 948 208 939 211 Q 930 212 919 187 Q 873 73 851 87 Q 794 115 711 274 L 688 327 Q 658 397 625 532 L 614 579 Q 586 705 588 761 Q 597 798 572 816 Q 566 820 560 823 Q 536 836 522 837 Q 509 836 508 835 Q 486 828 506 805 Q 519 799 557 623 Q 561 593 569 561 L 580 518 Q 613 382 654 285 L 676 233 Z", "M 711 274 Q 748 323 789 392 Q 807 420 829 449 Q 839 456 834 468 Q 830 480 801 502 Q 782 518 771 516 Q 758 515 756 499 Q 753 418 688 327 L 654 285 Q 555 186 456 124 Q 429 109 398 90 Q 389 83 396 79 Q 403 76 415 79 Q 494 100 563 142 Q 629 179 676 233 L 711 274 Z", "M 745 722 Q 776 700 810 672 Q 823 660 839 662 Q 849 663 853 676 Q 856 691 846 719 Q 836 747 737 768 Q 721 769 716 767 Q 712 763 714 751 Q 718 741 745 722 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add 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