Read Edit View history Discussion 湄 méi water's edge Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas méi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint water Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 湄 Simp strokes 湄 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 湄 Simp strokes 湄 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 湄 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 205, 773 ], [ 292, 717 ], [ 326, 664 ] ], [ [ 128, 592 ], [ 253, 497 ] ], [ [ 119, 176 ], [ 175, 124 ], [ 277, 418 ] ], [ [ 468, 728 ], [ 752, 770 ], [ 805, 729 ], [ 753, 613 ] ], [ [ 598, 722 ], [ 621, 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779,794C766,801 752,800 738,794C665,766 573,746 463,734C449,732 477,699 491,701C524,706 559,712 590,718C616,723 616,723 629,726C657,732 686,738 715,742C740,747 757,736 755,713C751,681 744,651 736,625C730,609 782,604 788,620Z", "M590,718C594,704 594,662 590,592C590,580 623,586 625,598C643,712 670,690 629,726C620,735 587,731 590,718Z", "M469,542C489,543 709,571 803,583C836,588 807,610 788,620C773,629 753,628 736,625C718,620 683,609 625,598C602,594 602,594 590,592C548,585 508,579 472,573C462,571 459,542 469,542Z", "M463,734C439,751 419,759 406,753C397,750 395,741 401,731C412,713 420,685 420,645C419,421 347,231 247,67C231,43 245,35 266,55C399,187 453,377 469,542C471,563 471,563 472,573C476,617 480,663 491,701C494,715 475,725 463,734Z", "M550,459C542,466 533,472 526,473C498,479 499,461 509,442C526,407 530,322 510,191C500,131 495,92 507,70C509,65 513,59 518,53C525,45 530,45 538,52C550,65 550,80 552,93C554,117 554,117 555,129C557,157 556,187 558,212C559,227 559,227 559,234C560,266 562,294 563,316C564,332 564,332 564,340C565,370 565,412 570,429C572,441 560,452 550,459Z", "M728,105C746,53 761,-27 801,50C813,75 817,103 815,134C813,149 812,167 811,185C807,240 805,307 803,389C802,410 807,428 818,442C824,451 824,459 818,465C805,478 781,491 748,507C735,513 725,513 715,507C676,488 621,473 550,459C538,457 558,429 570,429C588,429 634,440 711,456C739,463 742,444 745,423C752,382 753,301 747,185C745,169 744,146 736,125C733,118 725,112 728,105Z", "M563,316C583,319 658,331 700,337C714,340 719,346 713,353C706,362 695,369 679,370C652,373 614,362 564,340C556,337 555,314 563,316Z", "M558,212C577,211 658,224 703,229C717,231 722,238 717,245C710,254 699,261 683,263C661,267 619,256 559,234C552,231 551,212 558,212Z", "M552,93C582,96 650,104 728,105C735,105 741,120 736,125C696,170 681,143 555,129C543,127 540,91 552,93Z" ] } 12 strokes 湄 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 210, 771 ], [ 296, 713 ], [ 318, 678 ] ], [ [ 133, 592 ], [ 209, 543 ], [ 230, 525 ], [ 236, 510 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761 Q 204 748 232 725 Z", "M 141 559 Q 195 502 233 488 Q 249 487 259 501 Q 265 514 261 532 Q 248 577 153 601 Q 135 605 125 601 Q 118 600 122 586 Q 123 573 141 559 Z", "M 123 186 Q 111 182 115 164 Q 133 89 168 74 Q 175 67 185 70 Q 192 71 193 97 Q 197 151 283 404 Q 289 420 287 426 Q 286 436 277 429 Q 268 423 161 230 Q 151 208 123 186 Z", "M 788 620 Q 818 701 847 716 Q 863 735 849 754 Q 833 767 779 794 Q 760 803 738 794 Q 629 751 463 734 C 433 731 461 698 491 701 Q 506 701 525 707 Q 556 714 590 718 L 629 726 Q 672 735 715 742 Q 740 746 749 737 Q 756 730 755 713 Q 748 664 736 625 C 728 596 777 592 788 620 Z", "M 590 718 Q 596 696 590 592 C 588 562 619 569 625 598 Q 631 629 637 650 Q 650 701 643 711 Q 636 720 629 726 C 607 746 584 747 590 718 Z", "M 469 542 Q 487 536 502 539 Q 598 563 803 583 Q 815 584 816 594 Q 816 603 788 620 L 736 625 Q 735 625 734 625 Q 677 612 625 598 L 590 592 Q 527 582 472 573 C 442 568 440 550 469 542 Z", "M 463 734 Q 427 759 406 753 Q 394 746 401 731 Q 419 704 420 645 Q 399 410 372 319 Q 368 312 366 302 Q 336 215 247 67 Q 241 60 240 54 Q 237 44 248 46 Q 287 53 369 193 Q 379 214 390 235 Q 447 370 469 542 L 472 573 Q 472 577 473 580 Q 477 652 491 701 C 495 715 489 719 463 734 Z", "M 550 459 Q 549 460 548 461 Q 539 468 526 473 Q 517 477 506 474 Q 499 470 504 458 Q 505 449 509 442 Q 533 388 510 191 Q 489 101 507 70 Q 510 61 518 53 Q 528 40 538 52 Q 551 68 551 88 Q 551 91 552 93 L 555 129 Q 556 139 556 149 Q 557 183 558 212 L 559 234 Q 560 282 563 316 L 564 340 Q 567 406 569 413 Q 570 423 570 429 C 571 444 571 444 550 459 Z", "M 698 105 Q 726 68 748 33 Q 758 14 768 15 Q 784 16 801 50 Q 819 87 815 134 Q 808 224 803 389 Q 802 420 818 442 Q 827 455 818 465 Q 799 484 748 507 Q 730 517 715 507 Q 657 480 550 459 C 521 453 540 427 570 429 Q 597 428 711 456 Q 727 459 735 453 Q 762 426 744 137 Q 738 121 726 125 C 700 110 696 107 698 105 Z", "M 563 316 Q 567 315 576 316 Q 648 329 700 337 Q 722 341 713 353 Q 703 366 679 370 Q 639 373 564 340 C 536 328 533 319 563 316 Z", "M 558 212 Q 565 211 577 211 Q 650 223 703 229 Q 725 233 717 245 Q 707 258 683 263 Q 650 267 559 234 C 531 224 528 215 558 212 Z", "M 552 93 Q 582 103 698 105 C 728 106 743 106 726 125 Q 719 134 702 145 Q 686 154 655 148 Q 600 136 555 129 C 525 124 523 85 552 93 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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