Read Edit View history 柲 bì handle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound. Originally written as 必, a pictograph of a weapon handle. Pinyin Separate values with commas bì ×bié × 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 柲 Simp strokes 柲 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a weapon. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 柲 Simp strokes 柲 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 柲 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 109, 490 ], [ 150, 485 ], [ 193, 490 ], [ 333, 519 ], [ 369, 533 ], [ 429, 535 ] ], [ [ 263, 792 ], [ 289, 770 ], [ 312, 739 ], [ 298, 259 ], [ 283, 104 ], [ 284, 23 ] ], [ [ 279, 478 ], [ 271, 472 ], [ 255, 404 ], [ 211, 327 ], [ 141, 228 ], [ 65, 146 ] ], [ [ 328, 412 ], [ 342, 396 ], [ 385, 371 ], [ 399, 351 ] ], [ [ 465, 393 ], [ 460, 337 ], [ 430, 236 ] ], [ [ 533, 438 ], [ 551, 407 ], [ 571, 307 ], [ 591, 257 ], [ 632, 202 ], [ 677, 175 ], [ 743, 157 ], [ 791, 154 ], [ 826, 159 ], [ 860, 179 ], [ 850, 223 ], [ 814, 316 ] ], [ [ 535, 628 ], [ 591, 565 ], [ 611, 516 ] ], [ [ 728, 745 ], [ 750, 731 ], [ 777, 692 ], [ 721, 459 ], [ 678, 345 ], [ 632, 258 ], [ 585, 194 ], [ 486, 110 ], [ 421, 79 ] ], [ [ 817, 509 ], [ 918, 437 ], [ 935, 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272 815 251 799 Q 247 795 252 779 Q 282 734 283 661 Q 283 597 283 531 L 279 401 Q 270 212 270 210 Q 263 170 251 129 Q 239 86 265 30 Q 271 12 279 9 Q 285 2 292 10 Q 320 34 319 90 Q 318 127 323 393 L 324 419 Z", "M 265 481 Q 210 346 58 149 Q 54 139 64 138 Q 88 138 193 265 Q 239 320 279 401 C 332 506 277 509 265 481 Z", "M 323 393 Q 378 338 399 336 Q 411 336 416 353 Q 417 365 407 383 Q 397 398 374 405 Q 340 418 324 419 C 294 422 302 414 323 393 Z", "M 455 394 Q 439 339 413 288 Q 400 258 417 230 Q 424 215 442 228 Q 484 267 482 346 Q 483 374 475 396 Q 471 403 465 403 Q 458 402 455 394 Z", "M 611 190 Q 689 112 838 124 Q 839 125 843 125 Q 877 131 919 148 Q 935 152 934 159 Q 931 171 915 189 Q 888 217 821 312 Q 815 321 809 322 Q 806 321 807 313 Q 814 270 820 221 Q 823 202 809 192 Q 782 176 700 197 Q 666 207 646 223 Q 643 224 640 227 L 608 268 Q 584 307 568 404 Q 564 429 547 440 Q 534 449 527 443 Q 523 440 528 423 Q 535 401 548 338 Q 555 281 582 229 L 611 190 Z", "M 544 583 Q 563 553 583 520 Q 592 504 607 501 Q 617 498 625 509 Q 632 522 633 551 Q 630 584 552 628 Q 539 635 533 635 Q 527 632 525 620 Q 525 610 544 583 Z", "M 582 229 Q 530 162 430 92 Q 417 86 414 82 Q 410 76 426 74 Q 486 68 608 187 Q 608 188 611 190 L 640 227 Q 730 353 770 542 Q 792 642 818 685 Q 825 695 817 706 Q 801 727 767 748 Q 748 761 728 759 Q 706 755 720 733 Q 744 699 738 666 Q 713 512 675 413 Q 645 328 608 268 L 582 229 Z", "M 816 493 Q 865 450 923 387 Q 936 371 951 366 Q 958 365 965 374 Q 975 386 964 424 Q 952 472 816 520 Q 809 524 807 513 Q 806 501 816 493 Z" ] } 9 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.