Read Edit View history Discussion 書 shū HSK1 book Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 聿 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas shū × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 书 × 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 書 Simp strokes 書 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 書 Simp strokes 書 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 書 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 311, 691 ], [ 357, 686 ], [ 514, 707 ], [ 613, 729 ], [ 655, 727 ], [ 688, 692 ], [ 641, 553 ], [ 616, 540 ] ], [ [ 94, 565 ], [ 145, 555 ], [ 545, 610 ], [ 855, 636 ], [ 899, 631 ], [ 943, 617 ] ], [ [ 309, 480 ], [ 333, 475 ], [ 604, 513 ], [ 661, 504 ] ], [ [ 346, 380 ], [ 382, 378 ], [ 584, 412 ], [ 626, 414 ], [ 649, 407 ] ], [ [ 448, 827 ], [ 488, 798 ], [ 499, 776 ], 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617,-11C625,-11 633,6 627,12C584,52 572,31 392,6C381,4 384,-26 395,-26Z" ] } 10 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.