Read Edit View history 杵 chǔ pestle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 午 represents the sound. Originally written as 午, a pictograph of a pestle used for pounding rice. Pinyin Separate values with commas chǔ × 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 杵 Simp strokes 杵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 杵 Simp strokes 杵 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 杵 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 108, 516 ], [ 130, 511 ], [ 185, 515 ], [ 363, 563 ], [ 421, 566 ] ], [ [ 257, 820 ], [ 309, 765 ], [ 296, 268 ], [ 279, 113 ], [ 279, 15 ] ], [ [ 274, 504 ], [ 266, 498 ], [ 250, 435 ], [ 195, 346 ], [ 129, 262 ], [ 62, 194 ] ], [ [ 324, 430 ], [ 349, 408 ], [ 371, 398 ], [ 395, 366 ] ], [ [ 585, 821 ], [ 611, 800 ], [ 621, 777 ], [ 602, 719 ], [ 546, 607 ], [ 495, 526 ], [ 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280 -6 288 3 Q 315 19 316 85 Q 315 125 321 402 L 321 435 Z", "M 259 507 Q 205 381 55 197 Q 49 187 60 186 Q 66 185 75 193 Q 201 293 275 432 C 328 530 271 534 259 507 Z", "M 321 402 Q 336 392 370 361 Q 383 351 396 352 Q 406 353 409 364 Q 413 377 403 403 Q 399 416 375 425 Q 324 438 321 435 C 291 431 296 419 321 402 Z", "M 560 589 Q 596 640 633 713 Q 649 749 664 767 Q 673 779 666 791 Q 660 804 630 823 Q 602 838 583 835 Q 565 831 576 811 Q 597 775 542 652 Q 494 556 459 499 Q 450 489 449 482 Q 448 470 460 474 Q 488 486 548 571 L 560 589 Z", "M 686 564 Q 851 604 855 607 Q 865 616 859 624 Q 852 636 822 643 Q 798 646 704 617 Q 574 592 565 590 Q 562 590 560 589 C 533 583 533 583 548 571 Q 570 549 629 552 L 686 564 Z", "M 708 367 Q 780 377 932 377 Q 951 377 956 386 Q 960 396 944 410 Q 890 447 833 433 Q 781 423 709 409 L 653 400 Q 559 387 448 370 Q 427 367 443 351 Q 456 338 474 333 Q 495 329 510 333 Q 577 352 653 360 L 708 367 Z", "M 654 -22 Q 658 -47 666 -57 Q 672 -64 679 -62 Q 694 -52 701 7 Q 708 79 708 150 Q 705 199 708 367 L 709 409 Q 709 455 721 521 Q 724 540 710 549 Q 697 559 686 564 C 660 579 617 579 629 552 Q 648 512 652 493 Q 652 448 653 400 L 653 360 Q 647 39 654 -22 Z" ] } 8 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.