Read Edit View history Discussion 核 hé HSK5 seed, kernel, core Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas hé × 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 核 Simp strokes 核 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 核 Simp strokes 核 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 核 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 120, 500 ], [ 174, 497 ], [ 274, 520 ], [ 344, 544 ], [ 407, 550 ] ], [ [ 261, 812 ], [ 313, 757 ], [ 300, 256 ], [ 283, 88 ], [ 283, -2 ] ], [ [ 278, 491 ], [ 266, 472 ], [ 255, 418 ], [ 205, 325 ], [ 143, 233 ], [ 69, 146 ] ], [ [ 335, 397 ], [ 346, 377 ], [ 386, 356 ], [ 411, 325 ] ], [ [ 593, 776 ], [ 682, 731 ], [ 709, 705 ] ], [ [ 451, 564 ], [ 517, 559 ], [ 800, 620 ], [ 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390 325 403 C 295 408 298 381 324 366 Z", "M 605 743 Q 669 689 705 681 Q 723 680 731 696 Q 735 711 730 729 Q 708 777 613 788 Q 594 791 584 785 Q 577 784 582 770 Q 586 757 605 743 Z", "M 601 554 Q 715 582 869 604 Q 881 603 889 616 Q 890 629 866 639 Q 832 660 749 633 Q 632 602 456 574 Q 426 570 449 552 Q 488 528 517 535 Q 536 541 560 545 L 601 554 Z", "M 656 357 Q 599 357 551 357 Q 518 357 536 377 Q 581 443 623 491 Q 636 507 635 514 Q 632 527 601 554 C 579 574 560 575 560 545 Q 563 479 494 387 Q 451 347 462 327 Q 465 317 474 306 Q 484 296 496 302 Q 538 323 641 335 C 671 339 686 357 656 357 Z", "M 641 335 Q 598 272 550 225 Q 501 173 378 76 Q 369 72 380 68 Q 464 80 612 222 Q 622 235 636 248 Q 693 312 779 440 Q 791 456 798 464 Q 807 468 805 480 Q 804 490 791 504 Q 755 537 723 532 Q 713 529 716 516 Q 722 465 656 357 L 641 335 Z", "M 735 171 Q 760 199 782 227 Q 821 276 839 298 Q 849 310 846 319 Q 842 332 817 338 Q 789 347 776 343 Q 769 342 767 328 Q 752 240 563 65 Q 542 49 520 28 Q 501 12 527 17 Q 593 29 715 151 L 735 171 Z", "M 715 151 Q 716 150 719 147 Q 780 101 853 34 Q 869 15 886 13 Q 893 12 901 23 Q 911 36 896 79 Q 878 128 735 171 C 706 180 693 171 715 151 Z" ] } 10 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.