Read Edit View history Discussion 昔 xīcuò HSK7 in the past, ancient times Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a period of time (日) in the past where there was a disastrous flood (𡿧). Pinyin Separate values with commas xī ×cuò × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a flood of water. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 昔 Simp strokes 昔 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 昔 Simp strokes 昔 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 昔 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 284, 609 ], [ 331, 598 ], [ 407, 602 ], [ 597, 632 ], [ 692, 654 ], [ 763, 653 ] ], [ [ 356, 774 ], [ 397, 732 ], [ 400, 720 ], [ 415, 475 ], [ 401, 457 ] ], [ [ 592, 823 ], [ 634, 777 ], [ 590, 502 ], [ 569, 475 ] ], [ [ 111, 406 ], [ 166, 396 ], [ 492, 442 ], [ 852, 476 ], [ 939, 453 ] ], [ [ 328, 328 ], [ 336, 326 ], [ 357, 300 ], [ 364, 270 ], [ 365, 169 ], [ 353, 41 ], [ 355, -8 ] ], [ [ 389, 315 ], [ 402, 303 ], [ 418, 305 ], [ 611, 345 ], [ 637, 331 ], [ 656, 308 ], [ 651, 241 ], [ 657, 56 ], [ 643, 18 ], [ 581, 32 ] ], [ [ 392, 169 ], [ 406, 178 ], [ 532, 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395 448 C 397 418 440 423 438 453 Q 434 526 433 583 L 433 629 Z", "M 606 474 Q 621 546 634 612 L 645 672 Q 645 699 676 778 Q 680 788 663 805 Q 630 829 606 836 Q 590 840 582 834 Q 573 827 580 811 Q 596 778 595 757 Q 592 709 587 657 L 581 604 Q 574 540 562 468 C 557 438 600 445 606 474 Z", "M 395 448 Q 260 435 115 417 Q 90 416 108 395 Q 141 362 187 371 Q 442 438 871 438 Q 896 438 922 437 Q 946 437 951 446 Q 958 459 939 476 Q 879 519 836 512 Q 745 494 606 474 L 562 468 Q 537 467 512 462 Q 475 458 438 453 L 395 448 Z", "M 379 317 Q 358 333 334 340 Q 325 341 319 334 Q 316 328 323 319 Q 353 258 335 102 Q 322 44 325 30 Q 335 -1 345 -13 Q 355 -25 365 -12 Q 375 0 380 24 L 386 61 Q 387 80 388 161 L 388 191 Q 388 258 391 284 C 393 307 393 307 379 317 Z", "M 572 35 Q 602 -5 623 -42 Q 633 -61 644 -61 Q 662 -60 678 -25 Q 697 15 695 64 Q 689 127 683 245 Q 682 276 700 300 Q 710 313 700 324 Q 681 345 627 370 Q 608 380 592 370 Q 520 337 379 317 C 349 313 361 280 391 284 Q 400 284 574 317 Q 599 321 612 313 Q 622 303 623 107 Q 620 82 620 68 Q 616 52 602 55 C 576 40 570 37 572 35 Z", "M 388 161 Q 403 154 536 174 Q 542 175 550 176 Q 574 180 578 184 Q 585 191 582 198 Q 576 208 552 215 Q 534 221 447 200 Q 446 200 388 191 C 358 186 359 167 388 161 Z", "M 380 24 Q 390 23 402 24 Q 457 34 572 35 C 602 35 619 35 602 55 Q 595 64 576 78 Q 560 88 526 82 Q 447 66 386 61 C 356 58 350 26 380 24 Z" ] } 8 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.