Read Edit View history 油 yóu HSK2 oil Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas yóu × 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 油 Simp strokes 油 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 油 Simp strokes 油 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 油 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 210, 723 ], [ 292, 669 ], [ 316, 629 ] ], [ [ 126, 504 ], [ 205, 454 ], [ 234, 421 ] ], [ [ 193, 7 ], [ 178, 47 ], [ 175, 92 ], [ 199, 132 ], [ 302, 354 ] ], [ [ 329, 483 ], [ 366, 449 ], [ 379, 419 ], [ 412, 170 ], [ 431, 105 ] ], [ [ 397, 465 ], [ 422, 450 ], [ 606, 478 ], [ 773, 516 ], [ 808, 514 ], [ 832, 497 ], [ 848, 478 ], [ 829, 327 ], [ 806, 182 ], [ 799, 155 ], [ 776, 118 ], [ 775, 59 ] ], [ [ 465, 305 ], [ 536, 301 ], [ 684, 333 ], [ 720, 332 ] ], [ [ 540, 789 ], [ 595, 744 ], [ 598, 704 ], [ 590, 212 ], [ 588, 191 ], [ 571, 171 ] ], [ [ 451, 115 ], [ 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320,491C315,487 316,483 322,473C355,421 375,327 382,191C383,150 403,113 422,97C437,84 439,92 445,109C448,121 447,134 445,146C442,162 433,206 428,240C418,303 412,369 409,427C409,443 401,460 388,469Z", "M570,488C531,481 470,473 388,469C372,469 393,427 409,427C413,427 419,428 425,429C467,439 515,447 570,457C601,463 601,463 617,466C657,474 700,481 746,489C768,493 788,494 796,480C817,445 801,339 772,186C769,172 762,163 753,162C745,159 737,149 737,140C738,114 744,91 755,62C759,50 767,43 775,44C785,46 794,57 803,74C828,124 841,180 848,245C852,286 860,330 865,377C868,412 878,441 896,462C907,477 910,488 901,497C885,513 859,527 827,543C813,550 796,551 772,542C722,524 671,507 618,497C586,491 586,491 570,488Z", "M614,295C638,300 664,306 690,310C710,314 723,319 727,322C731,327 733,333 731,337C727,346 715,351 698,355C681,359 654,351 615,340C585,332 585,332 570,328C544,322 506,319 472,314C449,312 445,303 463,293C483,281 532,279 569,286C599,292 599,292 614,295Z", "M618,497C621,607 627,693 641,752C643,761 638,772 622,781C596,797 572,803 554,806C541,809 532,807 526,800C520,794 520,785 528,774C551,740 563,710 564,686C565,624 570,558 570,488C570,467 570,467 570,457C570,415 571,372 570,328C569,300 569,300 569,286C568,248 566,207 564,163C564,147 611,156 611,172C611,214 613,255 614,295C615,325 615,325 615,340C615,383 615,425 617,466C618,487 618,487 618,497Z", "M445,109C449,109 453,109 458,110C520,118 617,130 690,139C706,141 725,143 737,140C746,138 759,156 753,162C748,168 741,179 726,185C706,194 677,185 611,172C580,166 580,166 564,163C521,155 481,151 445,146C433,144 433,109 445,109Z" ] } 8 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.