Read Edit View history 楮 chǔ mulberry Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Originally written as 者, which is a pictograph of a tree with paper mulberry leaves. Pinyin Separate values with commas chǔ ×zhū × 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 楮 Simp strokes 楮 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a tree with paper mulberry leaves. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 楮 Simp strokes 楮 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 楮 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 112, 496 ], [ 172, 492 ], [ 292, 519 ], [ 360, 541 ], [ 413, 542 ] ], [ [ 249, 808 ], [ 300, 754 ], [ 291, 299 ], [ 276, 110 ], [ 275, 3 ] ], [ [ 268, 482 ], [ 259, 476 ], [ 245, 409 ], [ 188, 314 ], [ 130, 238 ], [ 61, 166 ] ], [ [ 318, 383 ], [ 377, 343 ], [ 397, 314 ] ], [ [ 476, 593 ], [ 503, 588 ], [ 548, 592 ], [ 670, 624 ], [ 712, 623 ] ], [ [ 573, 802 ], [ 616, 765 ], [ 606, 495 ], [ 590, 471 ] ], [ [ 394, 424 ], [ 431, 418 ], [ 459, 421 ], [ 538, 439 ], [ 828, 485 ], [ 875, 483 ], [ 923, 471 ] ], [ [ 755, 701 ], [ 769, 683 ], [ 780, 643 ], [ 732, 551 ], [ 671, 462 ], [ 579, 351 ], [ 483, 257 ], [ 407, 193 ], [ 332, 144 ] ], [ [ 501, 323 ], [ 525, 294 ], [ 531, 257 ], [ 528, 130 ], [ 518, 64 ], [ 520, 20 ] ], [ [ 556, 296 ], [ 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"M 690 56 Q 720 20 741 -13 Q 750 -29 761 -29 Q 776 -28 790 5 Q 806 42 802 86 Q 793 147 784 262 Q 783 290 797 311 Q 804 323 797 332 Q 779 350 731 370 Q 715 377 700 369 Q 666 351 613 336 Q 597 332 584 328 C 522 310 527 285 556 291 Q 560 291 692 323 Q 708 327 718 321 Q 733 303 734 98 Q 733 92 733 87 Q 729 72 720 74 C 697 54 686 61 690 56 Z", "M 550 168 Q 554 168 560 168 Q 626 180 675 187 Q 699 191 689 204 Q 679 219 653 222 Q 616 225 551 195 C 524 183 520 168 550 168 Z", "M 541 42 Q 548 41 559 43 Q 602 52 690 56 C 720 57 733 58 720 74 Q 714 83 694 96 Q 678 105 647 98 Q 592 85 547 77 C 517 72 511 44 541 42 Z" ] } 12 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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