Read Edit View history 此 cǐ HSK3 this Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Origin unclear. Two possible explanations are (1) depicts a person (人) stopping (止), meaning "here", and (2) depicts a foot (止) kicking a person (人), based on an earlier meaning "to kick" (跐). Pinyin Separate values with commas cǐ × 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 此 Simp strokes 此 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 此 Simp strokes 此 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 此 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 297, 687 ], [ 338, 659 ], [ 349, 641 ], [ 352, 235 ], [ 335, 210 ] ], [ [ 386, 446 ], [ 395, 462 ], [ 440, 477 ], [ 482, 484 ], [ 509, 480 ] ], [ [ 161, 437 ], [ 208, 393 ], [ 234, 209 ], [ 235, 189 ], [ 220, 170 ] ], [ [ 107, 110 ], [ 172, 97 ], [ 438, 225 ], [ 516, 270 ] ], [ [ 777, 599 ], [ 787, 586 ], [ 795, 549 ], [ 719, 493 ], [ 622, 439 ], [ 617, 427 ] ], [ [ 542, 796 ], [ 572, 779 ], [ 599, 746 ], [ 584, 557 ], [ 582, 318 ], [ 592, 201 ], [ 602, 165 ], [ 619, 137 ], [ 665, 106 ], [ 711, 94 ], [ 801, 91 ], [ 893, 110 ], [ 921, 131 ], [ 928, 279 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 374 220 Q 375 332 376 438 L 376 471 Q 376 570 392 657 Q 395 669 373 684 Q 334 702 308 705 Q 290 708 283 699 Q 274 690 284 674 Q 314 635 315 607 Q 331 420 330 202 C 330 172 374 190 374 220 Z", "M 376 438 Q 376 439 379 439 Q 451 457 505 469 Q 529 476 518 488 Q 505 501 478 504 Q 441 507 376 471 C 350 457 347 429 376 438 Z", "M 258 174 Q 240 354 244 388 Q 245 412 230 423 Q 205 441 176 448 Q 161 452 152 446 Q 145 439 152 424 Q 174 387 186 348 Q 196 309 217 158 C 221 128 261 144 258 174 Z", "M 217 158 Q 192 151 169 140 Q 147 130 106 127 Q 91 124 90 112 Q 89 96 101 88 Q 129 72 168 54 Q 181 51 194 62 Q 236 99 456 217 Q 487 233 508 253 Q 523 263 522 274 Q 515 280 501 275 Q 440 248 374 220 L 330 202 Q 293 189 258 174 L 217 158 Z", "M 610 421 Q 677 446 719 467 Q 809 512 836 518 Q 863 524 854 546 Q 844 568 818 589 Q 794 610 780 609 Q 765 610 767 595 Q 767 559 685 500 Q 649 475 611 445 C 587 426 582 410 610 421 Z", "M 611 445 Q 611 632 640 719 Q 649 758 646 765 Q 642 771 635 775 Q 604 803 562 813 Q 541 817 532 807 Q 523 797 531 786 Q 555 767 558 697 Q 558 652 557 570 Q 547 261 571 177 Q 580 126 628 94 Q 712 43 888 66 Q 897 69 907 71 Q 955 84 975 104 Q 991 120 971 148 Q 950 200 940 267 Q 940 279 931 288 Q 919 294 916 268 Q 879 151 864 140 Q 855 137 844 133 Q 801 120 744 123 Q 701 122 674 133 Q 638 145 622 189 Q 607 237 610 421 L 611 445 Z" ] } 6 strokes 此 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 284, 694 ], [ 351, 646 ], [ 341, 201 ] ], [ [ 373, 425 ], [ 515, 463 ] ], [ [ 154, 440 ], [ 209, 391 ], [ 235, 156 ] ], [ [ 93, 114 ], [ 173, 97 ], [ 513, 270 ] ], [ [ 606, 471 ], [ 843, 532 ] ], [ [ 529, 801 ], [ 600, 743 ], [ 581, 365 ], [ 612, 147 ], [ 705, 96 ], [ 896, 110 ], [ 931, 137 ], [ 930, 283 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M374,220C374,295 376,348 376,418C376,440 376,440 376,451C376,517 380,600 392,657C393,666 388,676 373,684C347,698 325,703 308,705C295,707 288,705 283,699C277,693 276,685 284,674C303,648 313,626 315,607C324,483 330,348 330,202C330,186 374,204 374,220Z", "M376,418C418,430 465,441 505,449C521,454 525,460 518,468C509,477 496,482 478,484C453,486 419,475 376,451C367,445 365,416 376,418Z", "M258,174C246,294 242,366 244,388C245,404 240,416 230,423C213,436 195,444 176,448C165,451 157,451 152,446C146,442 146,434 152,424C165,399 178,375 186,348C193,323 203,259 217,158C219,144 258,159 258,174Z", "M217,158C178,143 142,131 106,127C95,126 90,121 90,112C89,102 92,93 101,88C119,77 141,65 168,54C176,51 185,55 194,62C222,87 303,139 450,217C470,228 493,241 508,253C533,276 519,283 501,275C459,259 418,239 374,220C345,208 345,208 330,202C305,193 281,184 258,174C231,163 231,163 217,158Z", "M610,461C642,469 742,495 826,512C858,519 855,537 820,549C774,565 710,535 611,497C600,493 598,459 610,461Z", "M611,485C615,584 623,661 640,719C646,741 654,761 635,775C612,792 589,806 562,813C542,818 508,809 531,786C545,772 556,744 558,697C558,668 558,625 557,570C551,364 557,234 571,177C579,144 595,115 628,94C683,60 771,47 888,66C917,71 954,85 975,104C985,115 981,128 971,148C953,182 947,223 940,267C932,314 921,287 916,268C894,190 875,146 864,140C826,124 779,123 744,123C715,124 692,127 674,133C650,142 631,160 622,189C611,221 604,339 610,461C611,477 611,477 611,485Z" ] } 6 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.