Read Edit View history Discussion 朵 duǒ HSK5 flower Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Embellishment of the character 禾 (grain), with a distinguishing short stroke on the ear of the millet plant to indicate the drooping ear. Based on the original meaning "drooping ear of a grain". The meaning later shifted to "flower" and "earlobe". Pinyin Separate values with commas duo ×duǒ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Here used as a distinguishing short stroke to indicate the drooping ear of a millet plant. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 朵 Simp strokes 朵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 朵 Simp strokes 朵 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 朵 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 362, 774 ], [ 391, 749 ], [ 400, 723 ], [ 394, 663 ], [ 377, 592 ], [ 342, 517 ], [ 305, 479 ], [ 271, 460 ] ], [ [ 420, 765 ], [ 441, 755 ], [ 579, 793 ], [ 605, 783 ], [ 615, 771 ], [ 594, 693 ], [ 586, 589 ], [ 594, 556 ], [ 623, 523 ], [ 656, 512 ], [ 703, 509 ], [ 774, 518 ], [ 805, 529 ], [ 851, 523 ] ], [ [ 154, 337 ], [ 205, 327 ], [ 386, 355 ], [ 773, 391 ], [ 820, 390 ], [ 877, 374 ] ], [ [ 471, 482 ], [ 482, 476 ], [ 502, 445 ], [ 501, 170 ], [ 492, 27 ], [ 507, -57 ] ], [ [ 472, 340 ], [ 461, 327 ], [ 449, 292 ], [ 348, 186 ], [ 236, 102 ], [ 136, 54 ] ], [ [ 530, 341 ], [ 541, 312 ], [ 593, 259 ], [ 695, 164 ], [ 781, 99 ], [ 959, 76 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 411 768 Q 374 789 361 787 Q 342 784 356 763 Q 380 721 357 604 Q 351 582 341 556 Q 326 523 281 477 Q 266 467 263 460 Q 262 453 272 453 Q 302 453 347 492 Q 405 549 432 731 C 436 755 436 755 411 768 Z", "M 854 509 Q 870 515 861 532 Q 845 553 825 564 Q 812 571 786 560 Q 735 535 672 538 Q 632 538 619 568 Q 603 593 616 667 Q 619 712 661 758 Q 680 774 662 791 Q 635 813 607 825 Q 595 831 576 820 Q 495 786 411 768 C 382 761 404 721 432 731 Q 433 734 537 763 Q 558 772 565 769 Q 574 765 573 750 Q 569 695 564 648 Q 555 591 567 553 Q 576 522 606 501 Q 649 479 732 481 Q 813 485 854 509 Z", "M 525 351 Q 591 357 865 358 Q 886 358 890 367 Q 897 379 879 393 Q 824 436 760 422 Q 667 406 527 386 L 478 381 Q 330 365 157 347 Q 135 346 151 327 Q 166 312 184 306 Q 206 300 223 305 Q 329 333 451 344 L 525 351 Z", "M 525 348 Q 525 349 525 351 L 527 386 Q 528 423 532 443 Q 535 456 527 462 Q 503 483 484 492 Q 471 496 462 488 Q 456 484 464 474 Q 473 461 478 381 L 477 282 Q 477 135 460 49 Q 444 -5 500 -63 Q 501 -64 504 -66 Q 516 -67 521 -54 Q 533 -21 529 9 Q 526 150 525 308 L 525 348 Z", "M 451 344 Q 358 200 161 80 Q 148 73 133 63 Q 118 53 129 49 Q 136 43 150 47 Q 277 75 411 213 Q 432 237 477 282 C 541 346 472 375 451 344 Z", "M 525 308 Q 622 190 743 65 Q 765 44 801 48 Q 919 58 956 68 Q 966 72 968 77 Q 968 83 952 90 Q 774 145 695 206 Q 614 267 525 348 C 503 368 506 331 525 308 Z" ] } 6 strokes 朵 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 358, 781 ], [ 397, 734 ], [ 385, 620 ], [ 348, 529 ], [ 275, 462 ] ], [ [ 414, 760 ], [ 579, 795 ], [ 618, 772 ], [ 585, 610 ], [ 624, 523 ], [ 703, 510 ], [ 854, 540 ] ], [ [ 154, 336 ], [ 782, 392 ], [ 887, 380 ] ], [ [ 465, 484 ], [ 503, 445 ], [ 503, -65 ] ], [ [ 331, 263 ], [ 358, 204 ], [ 155, 36 ] ], [ [ 589, 269 ], [ 739, 150 ], [ 803, 60 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M411,768C386,782 369,789 361,787C348,786 351,780 356,763C385,649 356,547 281,477C254,453 269,450 293,459C395,497 420,657 432,731C435,745 424,762 411,768Z", "M854,509C864,515 868,522 861,532C851,547 838,557 825,564C816,569 803,568 786,560C751,544 714,537 672,538C645,539 629,549 619,568C609,586 609,618 616,667C620,697 631,729 661,758C672,770 674,781 662,791C644,807 625,817 607,825C598,829 589,827 576,820C522,796 467,780 411,768C397,765 419,726 432,731C432,733 468,741 537,763C556,770 574,771 573,750C570,714 568,680 564,648C558,610 559,579 567,553C573,533 584,514 606,501C633,485 676,479 732,481C786,483 825,495 854,509Z", "M525,351C568,356 682,358 865,358C878,359 886,362 890,367C894,376 890,384 879,393C842,422 802,431 760,422C698,411 620,400 527,388C494,384 494,384 478,382C379,370 272,359 157,347C142,346 139,340 151,327C160,317 171,310 184,306C198,302 211,302 223,305C293,324 369,337 451,344C500,349 500,349 525,351Z", "M525,348C525,349 524,351 525,351C525,364 527,388 527,388C529,440 538,453 527,462C510,476 496,487 484,492C475,496 468,494 462,488C458,485 458,481 464,474C470,466 478,436 478,382C477,315 477,315 477,282C476,185 473,106 460,49C452,19 463,-15 482,-44C493,-62 504,-87 521,-54C531,-32 529,-11 529,9C525,103 525,203 525,308C525,335 525,335 525,348Z", "M315,222C310,197 269,134 190,72C110,9 165,30 185,40C256,73 356,161 380,179C404,199 436,203 379,245C314,293 320,257 315,222Z", "M594,248C627,219 720,120 761,75C772,64 780,55 792,52C796,51 802,55 808,61C815,71 820,91 808,117C790,156 729,212 668,245C636,262 609,272 594,278C586,281 583,280 583,271C582,263 586,256 594,248Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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.