Read Edit View history 朔 shuò first day of lunar month Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 屰 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas shuò × 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 朔 Simp strokes 朔 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 朔 Simp strokes 朔 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 朔 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 212, 761 ], [ 280, 702 ], [ 294, 667 ] ], [ [ 449, 836 ], [ 465, 823 ], [ 474, 805 ], [ 402, 695 ], [ 367, 655 ], [ 364, 643 ] ], [ [ 145, 549 ], [ 172, 544 ], [ 226, 548 ], [ 460, 608 ], [ 512, 612 ] ], [ [ 155, 462 ], [ 174, 441 ], [ 182, 419 ], [ 181, 369 ], [ 169, 293 ], [ 215, 295 ], [ 262, 313 ], [ 421, 351 ], [ 430, 363 ] ], [ [ 453, 505 ], [ 482, 464 ], [ 456, 298 ] ], 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568 152 558 Q 118 552 143 537 Q 179 518 256 535 Q 274 539 293 542 L 328 550 Z", "M 342 315 Q 345 318 350 318 Q 416 336 434 331 C 464 329 467 374 437 369 Q 391 362 348 353 L 297 340 Q 248 330 206 314 Q 191 311 196 329 Q 211 425 205 438 Q 175 475 150 472 Q 140 469 147 451 Q 165 405 155 359 Q 148 316 129 298 Q 113 282 119 269 Q 129 256 145 245 Q 158 238 167 246 Q 185 268 291 301 L 342 315 Z", "M 434 331 Q 438 312 445 296 Q 452 281 464 291 Q 486 312 492 387 Q 510 451 514 456 Q 521 469 512 482 Q 496 495 467 514 Q 457 521 445 516 Q 438 512 440 500 Q 453 484 450 421 Q 446 390 437 369 C 430 350 430 350 434 331 Z", "M 291 301 Q 264 145 166 50 Q 150 37 132 20 Q 114 4 139 10 Q 152 7 180 24 Q 214 39 244 69 Q 305 126 342 315 L 348 353 Q 355 402 361 467 Q 364 500 368 514 Q 374 520 369 529 Q 362 538 328 550 C 300 561 285 567 293 542 Q 317 484 297 340 L 291 301 Z", "M 625 374 Q 628 386 637 492 L 638 524 Q 641 645 644 661 C 646 685 646 685 633 691 Q 585 715 569 712 Q 550 708 566 687 Q 599 630 586 418 Q 582 331 538 228 Q 502 141 406 50 Q 393 37 390 31 Q 389 24 400 25 Q 443 29 519 115 Q 597 209 621 342 L 625 374 Z", "M 644 661 L 756 688 Q 775 694 781 684 Q 794 645 799 346 Q 799 112 784 87 Q 780 81 760 86 Q 735 92 707 98 Q 688 105 688 95 Q 743 46 775 10 Q 788 -9 804 -14 Q 813 -18 821 -8 Q 863 40 861 95 Q 849 284 847 589 Q 844 647 858 673 Q 870 692 858 702 Q 836 721 799 735 Q 780 744 733 717 Q 696 702 633 691 C 604 685 615 654 644 661 Z", "M 637 492 Q 698 502 747 507 Q 769 511 761 524 Q 751 539 725 543 Q 688 546 638 524 C 610 512 607 487 637 492 Z", "M 621 342 Q 694 352 750 356 Q 772 359 765 372 Q 755 387 729 392 Q 698 398 625 374 C 596 365 591 338 621 342 Z" ] } 10 strokes 朔 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 212, 761 ], [ 280, 702 ], [ 294, 667 ] ], [ [ 449, 836 ], [ 465, 823 ], [ 474, 805 ], [ 402, 695 ], [ 367, 655 ], [ 364, 643 ] ], [ [ 145, 549 ], [ 172, 544 ], [ 226, 548 ], [ 460, 608 ], [ 512, 612 ] ], [ [ 155, 462 ], [ 174, 441 ], [ 182, 419 ], [ 181, 369 ], [ 169, 293 ], [ 215, 295 ], [ 262, 313 ], [ 421, 351 ], [ 430, 363 ] ], [ [ 453, 505 ], [ 482, 464 ], [ 456, 298 ] ], [ [ 300, 539 ], [ 328, 521 ], [ 335, 499 ], [ 318, 309 ], [ 294, 213 ], [ 254, 121 ], [ 223, 79 ], [ 166, 30 ], [ 143, 20 ] ], [ [ 571, 699 ], [ 607, 669 ], [ 613, 634 ], [ 614, 481 ], [ 594, 321 ], [ 560, 221 ], [ 517, 145 ], [ 459, 77 ], [ 397, 32 ] ], [ [ 643, 686 ], [ 654, 679 ], [ 779, 713 ], [ 807, 700 ], [ 821, 682 ], [ 827, 206 ], [ 822, 77 ], [ 804, 46 ], [ 773, 54 ], [ 697, 92 ] ], [ [ 645, 497 ], [ 650, 508 ], [ 668, 517 ], [ 718, 524 ], [ 751, 518 ] ], [ [ 629, 346 ], [ 642, 362 ], [ 673, 368 ], [ 722, 374 ], [ 754, 367 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 228 717 Q 276 657 292 654 Q 302 653 309 665 Q 315 678 310 708 Q 306 735 229 763 Q 214 769 208 767 Q 204 764 203 751 Q 204 741 228 717 Z", "M 434 796 Q 425 772 356 646 Q 349 628 365 635 Q 402 671 482 763 Q 495 782 516 796 Q 534 809 520 823 Q 504 836 478 845 Q 453 852 442 847 Q 430 843 437 832 Q 444 816 434 796 Z", "M 328 550 Q 389 566 459 581 Q 511 594 519 602 Q 528 609 523 617 Q 516 627 490 634 Q 462 638 435 628 Q 374 606 309 587 Q 237 568 152 558 Q 118 552 143 537 Q 179 518 256 535 Q 274 539 293 542 L 328 550 Z", "M 342 315 Q 345 318 350 318 Q 416 336 434 331 C 464 329 467 374 437 369 Q 391 362 348 353 L 297 340 Q 248 330 206 314 Q 191 311 196 329 Q 211 425 205 438 Q 175 475 150 472 Q 140 469 147 451 Q 165 405 155 359 Q 148 316 129 298 Q 113 282 119 269 Q 129 256 145 245 Q 158 238 167 246 Q 185 268 291 301 L 342 315 Z", "M 434 331 Q 438 312 445 296 Q 452 281 464 291 Q 486 312 492 387 Q 510 451 514 456 Q 521 469 512 482 Q 496 495 467 514 Q 457 521 445 516 Q 438 512 440 500 Q 453 484 450 421 Q 446 390 437 369 C 430 350 430 350 434 331 Z", "M 291 301 Q 264 145 166 50 Q 150 37 132 20 Q 114 4 139 10 Q 152 7 180 24 Q 214 39 244 69 Q 305 126 342 315 L 348 353 Q 355 402 361 467 Q 364 500 368 514 Q 374 520 369 529 Q 362 538 328 550 C 300 561 285 567 293 542 Q 317 484 297 340 L 291 301 Z", "M 625 374 Q 628 386 637 492 L 638 524 Q 641 645 644 661 C 646 685 646 685 633 691 Q 585 715 569 712 Q 550 708 566 687 Q 599 630 586 418 Q 582 331 538 228 Q 502 141 406 50 Q 393 37 390 31 Q 389 24 400 25 Q 443 29 519 115 Q 597 209 621 342 L 625 374 Z", "M 644 661 L 756 688 Q 775 694 781 684 Q 794 645 799 346 Q 799 112 784 87 Q 780 81 760 86 Q 735 92 707 98 Q 688 105 688 95 Q 743 46 775 10 Q 788 -9 804 -14 Q 813 -18 821 -8 Q 863 40 861 95 Q 849 284 847 589 Q 844 647 858 673 Q 870 692 858 702 Q 836 721 799 735 Q 780 744 733 717 Q 696 702 633 691 C 604 685 615 654 644 661 Z", "M 637 492 Q 698 502 747 507 Q 769 511 761 524 Q 751 539 725 543 Q 688 546 638 524 C 610 512 607 487 637 492 Z", "M 621 342 Q 694 352 750 356 Q 772 359 765 372 Q 755 387 729 392 Q 698 398 625 374 C 596 365 591 338 621 342 Z" ] } 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 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