Read Edit View history 朿 cì thorn, stab Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a thorned weapon or plant. Original form of 刺. Pinyin Separate values with commas cì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 朿 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 334, 671 ], [ 417, 667 ], [ 533, 688 ], [ 597, 707 ], [ 644, 713 ], [ 668, 710 ] ], [ [ 241, 539 ], [ 274, 512 ], [ 281, 494 ], [ 316, 320 ] ], [ [ 311, 505 ], [ 325, 521 ], [ 341, 524 ], [ 534, 551 ], [ 543, 558 ], [ 671, 582 ], [ 696, 584 ], [ 711, 576 ], [ 729, 557 ], [ 732, 543 ], [ 717, 399 ], [ 695, 356 ], [ 689, 351 ], [ 658, 360 ], [ 589, 395 ] ], [ [ 448, 839 ], [ 474, 819 ], [ 501, 781 ], [ 499, 312 ], [ 484, 78 ], [ 486, -24 ] ], [ [ 467, 406 ], [ 446, 327 ], [ 340, 203 ], [ 214, 97 ], [ 113, 43 ] ], [ [ 523, 358 ], [ 541, 323 ], [ 595, 270 ], [ 771, 124 ], [ 788, 114 ], [ 842, 101 ], [ 968, 83 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 524 663 Q 668 694 674 699 Q 684 706 679 716 Q 672 728 642 736 Q 612 743 530 714 L 471 700 Q 410 687 342 682 Q 305 676 331 658 Q 373 637 444 649 Q 456 652 472 653 L 524 663 Z", "M 299 536 Q 286 543 250 549 Q 237 553 233 547 Q 226 540 236 522 Q 264 464 282 368 Q 286 340 302 321 Q 321 296 328 314 Q 335 333 329 376 Q 316 464 312 498 C 308 528 308 532 299 536 Z", "M 522 539 Q 678 569 690 557 Q 700 547 690 439 Q 689 409 677 398 Q 670 385 643 392 Q 624 395 605 399 Q 589 403 583 397 Q 579 393 594 381 Q 643 338 671 302 Q 681 289 700 292 Q 710 296 723 319 Q 747 356 750 404 Q 757 512 772 546 Q 781 562 774 572 Q 752 588 716 604 Q 697 614 681 607 Q 629 585 531 567 Q 527 566 522 565 L 475 556 Q 399 546 299 536 C 269 533 283 491 312 498 Q 312 499 315 499 Q 403 518 475 530 L 522 539 Z", "M 522 565 Q 522 625 524 663 L 530 714 Q 533 745 541 771 Q 551 787 548 802 Q 541 812 480 849 Q 455 867 433 849 Q 427 845 434 827 Q 470 776 471 700 L 472 653 Q 473 610 476 563 Q 475 560 475 556 L 475 530 Q 474 479 474 423 L 472 316 Q 472 186 448 92 Q 436 53 465 -17 Q 472 -36 481 -39 Q 488 -46 495 -37 Q 504 -33 515 -10 Q 525 17 524 51 Q 523 88 522 325 L 522 365 Q 522 444 522 539 L 522 565 Z", "M 474 423 Q 471 420 467 413 Q 377 239 144 73 Q 128 63 112 51 Q 99 39 108 37 Q 135 27 234 87 Q 328 141 448 286 Q 461 304 472 316 C 491 339 490 448 474 423 Z", "M 522 325 Q 726 85 775 70 Q 862 58 953 73 Q 972 74 975 81 Q 978 88 962 94 Q 907 118 842 141 Q 712 192 538 351 Q 529 360 522 365 C 499 384 503 348 522 325 Z" ] } 6 strokes 朿 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 334, 671 ], [ 417, 667 ], [ 533, 688 ], [ 597, 707 ], [ 644, 713 ], [ 668, 710 ] ], [ [ 241, 539 ], [ 274, 512 ], [ 281, 494 ], [ 316, 320 ] ], [ [ 311, 505 ], [ 325, 521 ], [ 341, 524 ], [ 534, 551 ], [ 543, 558 ], [ 671, 582 ], [ 696, 584 ], [ 711, 576 ], [ 729, 557 ], [ 732, 543 ], [ 717, 399 ], [ 695, 356 ], [ 689, 351 ], [ 658, 360 ], [ 589, 395 ] ], [ [ 448, 839 ], [ 474, 819 ], [ 501, 781 ], [ 499, 312 ], [ 484, 78 ], [ 486, -24 ] ], [ [ 467, 406 ], [ 446, 327 ], [ 340, 203 ], [ 214, 97 ], [ 113, 43 ] ], [ [ 523, 358 ], [ 541, 323 ], [ 595, 270 ], [ 771, 124 ], [ 788, 114 ], [ 842, 101 ], [ 968, 83 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 524 663 Q 668 694 674 699 Q 684 706 679 716 Q 672 728 642 736 Q 612 743 530 714 L 471 700 Q 410 687 342 682 Q 305 676 331 658 Q 373 637 444 649 Q 456 652 472 653 L 524 663 Z", "M 299 536 Q 286 543 250 549 Q 237 553 233 547 Q 226 540 236 522 Q 264 464 282 368 Q 286 340 302 321 Q 321 296 328 314 Q 335 333 329 376 Q 316 464 312 498 C 308 528 308 532 299 536 Z", "M 522 539 Q 678 569 690 557 Q 700 547 690 439 Q 689 409 677 398 Q 670 385 643 392 Q 624 395 605 399 Q 589 403 583 397 Q 579 393 594 381 Q 643 338 671 302 Q 681 289 700 292 Q 710 296 723 319 Q 747 356 750 404 Q 757 512 772 546 Q 781 562 774 572 Q 752 588 716 604 Q 697 614 681 607 Q 629 585 531 567 Q 527 566 522 565 L 475 556 Q 399 546 299 536 C 269 533 283 491 312 498 Q 312 499 315 499 Q 403 518 475 530 L 522 539 Z", "M 522 565 Q 522 625 524 663 L 530 714 Q 533 745 541 771 Q 551 787 548 802 Q 541 812 480 849 Q 455 867 433 849 Q 427 845 434 827 Q 470 776 471 700 L 472 653 Q 473 610 476 563 Q 475 560 475 556 L 475 530 Q 474 479 474 423 L 472 316 Q 472 186 448 92 Q 436 53 465 -17 Q 472 -36 481 -39 Q 488 -46 495 -37 Q 504 -33 515 -10 Q 525 17 524 51 Q 523 88 522 325 L 522 365 Q 522 444 522 539 L 522 565 Z", "M 474 423 Q 471 420 467 413 Q 377 239 144 73 Q 128 63 112 51 Q 99 39 108 37 Q 135 27 234 87 Q 328 141 448 286 Q 461 304 472 316 C 491 339 490 448 474 423 Z", "M 522 325 Q 726 85 775 70 Q 862 58 953 73 Q 972 74 975 81 Q 978 88 962 94 Q 907 118 842 141 Q 712 192 538 351 Q 529 360 522 365 C 499 384 503 348 522 325 Z" ] } 6 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.