Read Edit View history 活 huó HSK2 live Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas huó ×huo × 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 活 Simp strokes 活 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Later reanalyzed as the visually similar character 舌. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 活 Simp strokes 活 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 活 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 234, 751 ], [ 322, 697 ], [ 349, 656 ] ], [ [ 130, 554 ], [ 206, 495 ], [ 221, 469 ] ], [ [ 200, 39 ], [ 188, 70 ], [ 186, 122 ], [ 320, 374 ] ], [ [ 679, 791 ], [ 689, 777 ], [ 697, 739 ], [ 593, 671 ], [ 453, 599 ] ], [ [ 321, 425 ], [ 378, 418 ], [ 526, 447 ], [ 848, 491 ], [ 932, 474 ] ], [ [ 574, 627 ], [ 605, 617 ], [ 619, 598 ], [ 582, 319 ], [ 562, 293 ] ], [ [ 426, 275 ], [ 453, 251 ], [ 463, 232 ], [ 504, 20 ] ], [ [ 479, 273 ], [ 514, 263 ], [ 646, 283 ], [ 724, 303 ], [ 765, 302 ], [ 802, 266 ], [ 761, 147 ], [ 734, 132 ] ], [ [ 524, 62 ], [ 537, 77 ], [ 713, 100 ], [ 767, 98 ], [ 795, 89 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 259 704 Q 287 679 317 650 Q 333 635 350 637 Q 363 637 368 653 Q 374 669 363 703 Q 356 725 323 739 Q 244 769 228 759 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