Read Edit View history Discussion 棄 qì abandon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of two hands (廾) putting a child (𠫓) in a basket (其) for the purpose of abandoning or disposing with it. Pinyin Separate values with commas qì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 弃 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Upside-down form of 子 (child). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 棄 Simp strokes 棄 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a basket. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 棄 Simp strokes 棄 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 棄 Simp strokes 棄 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 棄 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 482, 857 ], [ 557, 819 ], [ 576, 794 ] ], [ [ 293, 713 ], [ 352, 705 ], [ 674, 751 ], [ 731, 742 ] ], [ [ 491, 683 ], [ 463, 673 ], [ 415, 609 ], [ 406, 583 ], [ 441, 583 ], [ 600, 630 ], [ 610, 621 ] ], [ [ 594, 675 ], [ 658, 625 ], [ 666, 610 ] ], [ [ 110, 409 ], [ 161, 399 ], [ 427, 439 ], [ 842, 476 ], [ 887, 472 ], [ 933, 458 ] ], [ [ 292, 499 ], [ 313, 493 ], [ 335, 477 ], [ 401, 303 ] ], [ [ 654, 563 ], [ 673, 534 ], [ 676, 516 ], [ 641, 404 ], [ 622, 388 ] ], [ [ 411, 317 ], [ 427, 332 ], [ 578, 357 ], [ 648, 360 ], [ 666, 352 ] ], [ [ 197, 212 ], [ 253, 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Q 596 807 584 834 Q 572 856 496 865 Q 481 866 476 863 Q 472 859 474 847 Q 478 837 507 820 Z", "M 486 705 Q 597 720 722 731 Q 731 730 740 740 Q 741 750 721 761 Q 690 785 627 765 Q 452 735 318 724 Q 308 724 297 722 Q 272 719 290 703 Q 320 679 362 686 Q 393 692 434 697 L 486 705 Z", "M 605 642 Q 526 626 446 601 Q 436 597 433 600 Q 432 601 435 606 Q 487 661 499 671 Q 509 680 504 690 Q 501 696 486 705 C 461 722 431 727 434 697 Q 440 667 421 646 Q 402 618 362 590 Q 350 580 353 571 Q 357 558 378 540 Q 388 531 398 540 Q 441 576 622 623 C 651 631 634 648 605 642 Z", "M 622 623 Q 647 602 661 594 Q 673 591 680 601 Q 684 611 684 624 Q 675 654 610 680 L 609 681 Q 596 685 589 682 Q 585 681 586 672 Q 587 660 605 642 L 622 623 Z", "M 678 441 Q 694 441 921 442 Q 942 442 946 451 Q 953 463 935 477 Q 878 522 817 506 Q 763 497 696 485 L 637 477 Q 594 473 547 466 L 490 459 Q 433 455 374 446 L 324 440 Q 222 431 113 419 Q 91 418 107 399 Q 122 384 140 378 Q 162 372 179 377 Q 255 396 340 410 L 383 416 Q 428 425 491 429 L 541 434 Q 581 438 629 439 L 678 441 Z", "M 374 446 Q 367 470 363 490 Q 362 508 342 510 Q 302 522 284 511 Q 269 499 286 485 Q 308 466 324 440 L 340 410 Q 355 380 371 326 Q 380 308 394 297 Q 407 290 410 301 Q 410 305 410 311 L 404 343 Q 391 383 383 416 L 374 446 Z", "M 651 377 Q 664 410 678 441 L 696 485 Q 700 498 715 517 Q 719 524 707 541 Q 685 563 666 572 Q 654 578 647 573 Q 640 569 642 555 Q 649 536 637 477 L 629 439 Q 622 412 615 382 C 608 353 640 349 651 377 Z", "M 536 331 Q 590 338 664 344 Q 674 345 675 353 Q 675 360 651 377 C 641 385 641 385 615 382 Q 609 383 537 366 L 493 357 Q 444 350 404 343 C 374 338 382 301 410 311 Q 423 318 493 325 L 536 331 Z", "M 537 229 Q 630 238 791 237 Q 810 237 815 246 Q 821 256 804 270 Q 756 307 717 299 Q 647 286 535 266 L 492 259 Q 488 260 485 259 Q 355 241 200 221 Q 179 220 195 203 Q 208 190 226 184 Q 245 180 262 184 Q 350 209 451 219 L 537 229 Z", "M 535 266 Q 535 297 536 331 L 537 366 Q 537 403 541 434 L 547 466 Q 554 499 555 501 Q 549 508 502 537 Q 483 552 465 538 Q 461 534 466 521 Q 487 491 490 459 L 491 429 Q 491 396 493 357 L 493 325 Q 492 294 492 259 L 492 193 Q 492 85 475 20 Q 466 -10 488 -65 Q 494 -81 501 -83 Q 505 -89 512 -82 Q 519 -78 527 -60 Q 536 -39 535 -13 Q 534 15 534 197 L 535 266 Z", "M 451 219 Q 424 159 313 82 Q 229 27 147 -14 Q 131 -23 144 -27 Q 154 -30 192 -20 Q 247 -8 300 22 Q 346 50 402 97 Q 436 127 492 193 C 520 226 477 270 451 219 Z", "M 534 197 Q 742 4 790 -3 Q 838 -10 947 19 Q 965 23 966 28 Q 967 35 952 39 Q 760 93 728 109 Q 721 113 714 116 Q 636 155 537 229 L 534 229 C 508 244 512 217 534 197 Z" ] } 12 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.