Read Edit View history 河 hé HSK2 river Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 可 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 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 河 Simp strokes 河 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 河 Simp strokes 河 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 河 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 226, 791 ], [ 311, 742 ], [ 332, 708 ] ], [ [ 134, 584 ], [ 206, 548 ], [ 235, 514 ] ], [ [ 196, 83 ], [ 184, 113 ], [ 182, 165 ], [ 308, 402 ] ], [ [ 341, 637 ], [ 389, 629 ], [ 544, 660 ], [ 857, 702 ], [ 940, 685 ] ], [ [ 374, 502 ], [ 407, 467 ], [ 440, 310 ] ], [ [ 427, 502 ], [ 445, 495 ], [ 548, 520 ], [ 558, 519 ], [ 576, 504 ], [ 585, 494 ], [ 562, 411 ], [ 535, 391 ] ], [ [ 458, 338 ], [ 475, 353 ], [ 535, 364 ], [ 582, 366 ], [ 602, 359 ] ], [ [ 697, 653 ], [ 736, 630 ], [ 741, 615 ], [ 742, 135 ], [ 737, 86 ], [ 712, 45 ], [ 663, 66 ], [ 604, 105 ] ] 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661 ], [ 739, 621 ], [ 740, 108 ], [ 698, 30 ], [ 603, 105 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M253,745C267,734 283,719 301,701C311,692 323,687 335,688C343,689 349,694 352,704C355,716 352,735 345,755C340,769 327,779 308,785C257,801 228,805 220,799C215,797 214,791 217,780C219,773 231,761 253,745Z", "M149,549C180,521 205,497 231,490C241,487 252,494 258,504C263,515 262,527 259,539C252,558 241,571 227,579C202,592 175,597 143,597C137,597 132,595 129,593C124,592 123,588 126,577C128,570 136,562 149,549Z", "M145,194C137,190 133,185 135,172C143,123 159,90 184,75C207,61 209,83 211,99C213,128 247,223 309,383C313,394 315,403 315,406C314,414 311,414 305,409C298,405 289,397 282,385C198,256 174,212 145,194Z", "M743,662C788,667 851,668 927,669C941,670 949,674 952,679C955,688 951,697 940,705C901,732 870,740 846,734C756,713 588,685 344,647C329,645 327,639 339,627C359,609 384,601 411,608C495,631 634,652 690,657C725,660 725,660 743,662Z", "M419,504C410,507 396,509 380,512C370,514 367,514 365,510C361,506 361,500 367,488C384,456 398,411 409,353C412,338 417,323 428,311C450,286 451,305 454,332C454,344 452,355 451,365C445,400 435,459 435,475C435,486 430,502 419,504Z", "M583,385C595,432 608,463 622,477C638,495 636,509 621,518C607,526 592,538 573,548C559,557 539,548 511,533C486,521 454,513 419,504C408,502 425,471 435,475C449,480 477,487 517,494C550,501 546,472 543,454C538,434 533,410 528,384C525,366 579,367 583,385Z", "M454,332C469,332 525,343 601,349C626,352 611,368 583,385C567,394 545,390 528,384C498,376 472,370 451,365C440,363 443,332 454,332Z", "M661,92C644,98 627,105 609,111C599,114 597,113 597,108C596,104 598,97 606,89C646,49 678,13 705,-19C711,-25 722,-23 732,-12C761,24 775,71 774,125C767,324 765,463 769,544C773,644 789,637 743,662C728,671 681,672 690,657C704,631 707,603 708,577C709,488 709,339 709,132C708,94 691,82 661,92Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 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