Read Edit View history 段 duànDuàn HSK2 section Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a hand holding a forging hammer (殳) and hitting a stone (石). Based on the original meaning "forge", now written as 鍛. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas duàn × 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 段 Simp strokes 段 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Here depicts a hand holding a hammer. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 段 Simp strokes 段 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 段 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 367, 825 ], [ 385, 802 ], [ 391, 783 ], [ 342, 733 ], [ 277, 681 ], [ 272, 670 ] ], [ [ 199, 699 ], [ 227, 674 ], [ 240, 653 ], [ 247, 544 ], [ 248, 295 ], [ 241, 174 ], [ 224, 68 ], [ 227, 10 ] ], [ [ 273, 558 ], [ 292, 568 ], [ 403, 595 ], [ 437, 595 ] ], [ [ 272, 413 ], [ 285, 426 ], [ 327, 436 ], [ 400, 452 ], [ 432, 451 ] ], [ [ 54, 217 ], [ 110, 201 ], [ 452, 341 ] ], [ [ 516, 727 ], [ 535, 716 ], [ 550, 697 ], [ 549, 577 ], [ 533, 519 ], [ 515, 488 ], [ 478, 451 ], [ 461, 443 ] ], [ [ 582, 687 ], [ 597, 704 ], [ 627, 714 ], [ 687, 729 ], [ 715, 726 ], [ 731, 709 ], [ 714, 647 ], [ 709, 600 ], [ 709, 562 ], [ 723, 529 ], [ 751, 512 ], [ 789, 507 ], [ 861, 519 ], [ 902, 512 ] ], [ [ 496, 384 ], [ 529, 383 ], [ 584, 393 ], [ 693, 422 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