Read Edit View history Discussion 杳 yǎo obscure Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint The sun 日 setting below the woods 木 Pinyin Separate values with commas yǎo × 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 杳 Simp strokes 杳 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 杳 Simp strokes 杳 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 杳 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 257, 602 ], [ 308, 594 ], [ 655, 650 ], [ 749, 642 ] ], [ [ 439, 840 ], [ 500, 783 ], [ 490, 315 ] ], [ [ 450, 614 ], [ 437, 559 ], [ 342, 440 ], [ 132, 295 ] ], [ [ 510, 603 ], 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936,372C900,386 861,400 820,413C724,448 627,509 530,597C524,602 519,606 515,609C499,621 498,595 510,579Z", "M325,266C278,295 249,289 268,266C292,230 310,166 320,71C324,27 337,-3 363,-13C373,-17 377,-4 379,10C380,21 379,31 377,41C371,64 363,96 360,121C357,139 357,139 356,148C351,179 348,205 346,229C344,243 336,257 325,266Z", "M603,30C605,-4 607,-26 616,-47C630,-79 649,-61 661,-36C676,-2 694,67 708,175C712,208 720,235 737,253C748,267 750,277 742,286C728,301 704,315 674,329C659,337 629,329 579,312C515,292 429,279 325,266C311,263 332,226 346,229C363,232 518,266 606,277C672,286 654,213 641,133C634,90 623,58 610,48C605,43 603,36 603,30Z", "M360,121C377,122 442,132 569,150C604,156 583,184 547,189C524,193 465,178 356,148C347,145 351,121 360,121Z", "M379,10C392,11 508,24 603,30C609,30 615,43 610,48C566,95 567,73 377,41C367,39 369,10 379,10Z" ] } 8 strokes 杳 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 258, 600 ], [ 312, 595 ], [ 391, 612 ], [ 655, 650 ], [ 696, 648 ], [ 744, 635 ] ], [ [ 445, 834 ], [ 463, 825 ], [ 497, 787 ], [ 485, 522 ], [ 483, 374 ], [ 488, 331 ] ], [ [ 460, 595 ], [ 385, 484 ], [ 297, 396 ], [ 235, 350 ], [ 133, 297 ] ], [ [ 514, 601 ], [ 527, 577 ], [ 633, 481 ], [ 758, 392 ], [ 808, 377 ], [ 943, 361 ] ], [ [ 274, 275 ], [ 307, 248 ], [ 320, 220 ], [ 345, 64 ], [ 365, 3 ] ], [ [ 335, 263 ], [ 358, 250 ], [ 373, 251 ], [ 631, 303 ], [ 654, 302 ], [ 679, 285 ], [ 692, 268 ], [ 691, 257 ], [ 658, 53 ], [ 636, 7 ], [ 635, -49 ] ], [ [ 365, 129 ], [ 395, 143 ], [ 525, 166 ], [ 574, 162 ] ], [ [ 383, 18 ], [ 394, 27 ], [ 461, 38 ], [ 560, 51 ], [ 608, 49 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 515 609 Q 587 619 692 620 Q 746 620 752 630 Q 756 640 741 654 Q 684 694 630 675 Q 581 666 514 651 L 466 643 Q 370 627 259 610 Q 240 607 255 591 Q 268 578 286 573 Q 307 569 322 574 Q 368 589 426 597 L 515 609 Z", "M 514 651 Q 517 735 543 785 Q 550 795 536 811 Q 511 832 478 844 Q 459 854 443 847 Q 427 843 435 825 Q 466 776 465 695 Q 465 668 466 643 L 465 555 Q 464 431 453 383 Q 452 368 471 324 Q 483 306 499 316 Q 515 329 513 361 Q 512 407 509 448 Q 506 515 509 579 L 514 651 Z", "M 426 597 Q 420 576 402 551 Q 348 473 287 420 Q 236 374 131 304 Q 112 291 129 290 Q 141 287 182 304 Q 240 323 292 362 Q 403 449 458 543 Q 461 550 465 555 C 498 612 445 649 426 597 Z", "M 509 579 Q 711 353 762 343 Q 828 333 928 352 Q 947 355 949 360 Q 950 367 936 372 Q 882 393 820 413 Q 676 465 530 597 Q 521 604 515 609 C 492 628 481 610 509 579 Z", "M 325 266 Q 301 281 277 286 Q 270 287 266 283 Q 259 277 268 266 Q 305 212 320 71 Q 326 4 363 -13 Q 379 -17 379 10 L 377 41 Q 374 59 368 78 Q 364 97 360 121 L 356 148 Q 349 193 346 229 C 344 255 344 255 325 266 Z", "M 583 30 Q 593 5 616 -47 Q 625 -65 635 -64 Q 651 -63 661 -36 Q 688 12 708 175 Q 714 224 737 253 Q 755 272 742 286 Q 721 308 674 329 Q 653 341 579 312 Q 482 285 325 266 C 295 262 316 226 346 229 Q 353 228 363 230 Q 625 293 643 272 Q 664 236 629 65 Q 628 50 621 48 Q 620 48 616 48 C 596 25 577 44 583 30 Z", "M 360 121 Q 369 120 381 122 Q 490 140 569 150 Q 594 154 585 168 Q 575 184 547 189 Q 520 192 356 148 C 327 140 330 122 360 121 Z", "M 379 10 Q 386 9 396 11 Q 457 23 583 30 C 613 32 631 33 616 48 Q 610 55 592 68 Q 577 77 548 71 Q 454 50 377 41 C 347 37 349 11 379 10 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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