Read Edit View history Discussion 旃 zhān silk banner with bent pole Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a type of ancient flag (㫃) that was colored red (丹) and had a bent pole. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 旃 Simp strokes 旃 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 旃 Simp strokes 旃 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 旃 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 266, 789 ], [ 352, 750 ], [ 378, 719 ] ], [ [ 118, 535 ], [ 180, 533 ], [ 373, 580 ], [ 435, 579 ] ], [ [ 296, 436 ], [ 315, 439 ], [ 364, 426 ], [ 383, 415 ], [ 398, 392 ], [ 350, 228 ], [ 321, 161 ], [ 297, 129 ], [ 274, 113 ], [ 186, 174 ] ], [ [ 253, 523 ], [ 284, 500 ], [ 258, 423 ], [ 223, 356 ], [ 152, 254 ], [ 66, 173 ] ], [ [ 566, 829 ], [ 598, 794 ], [ 578, 723 ], [ 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580 122 545 Q 94 539 117 524 Q 153 500 180 509 Q 210 518 246 526 L 293 537 Z", "M 288 431 L 289 431 Q 296 425 328 419 Q 353 415 362 400 Q 366 390 357 353 Q 350 301 323 230 Q 299 164 271 152 Q 259 149 219 167 Q 186 183 182 178 Q 178 171 192 159 Q 228 126 241 88 Q 245 73 255 67 Q 267 63 297 81 Q 339 115 376 231 Q 397 349 429 373 Q 439 377 441 386 Q 442 393 422 418 Q 392 448 345 447 Q 312 456 302 458 C 273 465 260 442 288 431 Z", "M 302 458 L 326 509 Q 320 528 293 537 C 265 549 240 555 246 526 Q 267 459 168 306 Q 165 305 164 301 Q 136 258 60 175 Q 53 169 63 168 Q 108 178 198 283 Q 252 362 288 431 L 302 458 Z", "M 580 670 Q 590 688 598 706 Q 620 755 640 794 Q 649 807 632 820 Q 586 848 562 841 Q 552 838 555 824 Q 579 734 487 594 Q 477 590 448 540 Q 441 524 456 531 Q 498 541 565 643 L 580 670 Z", "M 565 643 Q 616 627 659 638 Q 734 654 811 673 Q 847 682 852 687 Q 861 696 856 704 Q 849 716 818 722 Q 791 726 696 695 Q 621 677 580 670 C 550 665 536 651 565 643 Z", "M 582 538 Q 539 559 527 557 Q 508 553 523 533 Q 547 491 536 346 L 532 307 Q 514 178 429 91 Q 390 55 387 47 Q 386 40 396 41 Q 429 41 493 107 Q 556 179 580 316 L 585 352 Q 591 409 594 480 Q 597 498 599 510 C 602 529 602 529 582 538 Z", "M 740 334 Q 741 121 729 98 Q 726 95 655 107 Q 636 113 637 103 Q 691 60 722 26 Q 735 7 749 3 Q 758 0 766 9 Q 803 52 802 108 Q 795 202 791 336 L 790 382 Q 784 494 800 522 Q 810 541 800 550 Q 779 568 744 581 Q 726 590 672 560 Q 626 545 582 538 C 552 533 570 503 599 510 Q 623 516 704 537 Q 722 543 727 533 Q 734 512 739 373 L 740 334 Z", "M 619 440 Q 670 386 687 385 Q 699 384 704 400 Q 705 412 696 429 Q 687 442 667 449 Q 636 462 623 464 Q 614 465 614 455 Q 613 448 619 440 Z", "M 580 316 Q 649 331 740 334 L 791 336 Q 824 339 944 339 Q 963 339 967 347 Q 971 357 957 371 Q 903 410 842 393 Q 818 389 790 382 L 739 373 Q 708 370 673 364 Q 630 360 585 352 L 536 346 Q 484 340 428 333 Q 409 330 422 315 Q 435 302 452 297 Q 471 293 487 296 Q 509 302 532 307 L 580 316 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical 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