Read Edit View history 洄 huí a back-water Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Swirling 回 water 氵; 回 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas huí ×huì × 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 洄 Simp strokes 洄 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 洄 Simp strokes 洄 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 洄 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 175, 755 ], [ 271, 702 ], [ 298, 654 ] ], [ [ 99, 551 ], [ 206, 440 ] ], [ [ 96, 136 ], [ 154, 85 ], [ 310, 412 ] ], [ [ 319, 601 ], [ 373, 540 ], [ 406, 112 ] 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664,366C651,374 634,374 620,371C602,367 565,359 542,354C532,352 534,324 544,324Z", "M431,154C453,149 477,164 734,169C748,169 754,203 742,210C694,245 675,212 427,196C413,196 417,157 431,154Z" ] } 9 strokes 洄 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 179, 755 ], [ 263, 708 ], [ 293, 669 ] ], [ [ 105, 546 ], [ 180, 485 ], [ 195, 460 ] ], [ [ 149, 35 ], [ 139, 66 ], [ 139, 120 ], [ 312, 412 ] ], [ [ 323, 597 ], [ 356, 566 ], [ 373, 534 ], [ 384, 441 ], [ 395, 204 ], [ 413, 119 ] ], [ [ 382, 587 ], [ 392, 578 ], [ 427, 570 ], [ 766, 628 ], [ 801, 625 ], [ 837, 597 ], [ 842, 576 ], [ 808, 263 ], [ 793, 193 ], [ 770, 158 ], [ 771, 91 ] ], [ [ 472, 465 ], [ 498, 442 ], [ 503, 430 ], [ 532, 306 ] ], [ [ 526, 461 ], [ 538, 453 ], [ 556, 454 ], [ 624, 474 ], [ 654, 472 ], [ 670, 448 ], [ 649, 391 ], [ 629, 383 ] ], [ [ 550, 332 ], [ 565, 344 ], [ 619, 352 ], [ 655, 353 ], [ 675, 347 ] ], [ [ 434, 190 ], [ 452, 175 ], [ 676, 198 ], [ 691, 197 ], [ 703, 178 ] ] ], "strokes": [ 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Q 747 196 722 210 C 693 219 702 196 714 169 Z", "M 515 463 Q 505 467 478 472 Q 468 475 464 470 Q 460 464 467 450 Q 489 408 505 340 Q 509 319 521 306 Q 537 287 542 301 Q 545 310 544 324 L 540 354 Q 530 418 528 438 C 526 459 526 459 515 463 Z", "M 664 366 Q 683 420 703 435 Q 724 457 704 470 Q 688 480 665 498 Q 647 510 606 486 Q 579 477 515 463 C 486 457 498 436 528 438 Q 535 438 545 440 Q 630 458 637 448 Q 640 444 620 371 C 612 342 654 338 664 366 Z", "M 544 324 Q 550 324 557 325 Q 594 332 674 338 Q 683 339 684 346 Q 684 353 664 366 C 652 374 650 374 620 371 Q 619 372 617 371 Q 575 361 540 354 C 511 348 514 323 544 324 Z", "M 431 154 Q 444 151 459 153 Q 541 166 714 169 C 744 170 745 191 722 210 Q 698 234 651 225 Q 525 203 427 196 C 397 194 401 159 431 154 Z" ] } 9 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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