Read Edit View history Discussion 爾 ěr you Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a weapon with a sharp head and tail decorations on the end. Similar in origin to 朿. Original meaning unclear. Pinyin Separate values with commas ěr × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 尔 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 爾 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 366, 747 ], [ 447, 742 ], [ 655, 789 ], [ 708, 790 ] ], [ [ 341, 630 ], [ 309, 624 ], [ 279, 582 ], [ 236, 540 ], [ 201, 511 ], [ 163, 490 ] ], [ [ 694, 687 ], [ 837, 650 ], [ 888, 614 ] ], [ [ 456, 707 ], [ 496, 690 ], [ 500, 645 ], [ 495, 459 ], [ 502, 211 ], [ 499, 44 ] ], [ [ 217, 479 ], [ 238, 460 ], [ 252, 434 ], [ 256, 372 ], [ 251, 217 ], [ 232, 69 ], [ 231, 16 ] ], [ [ 262, 474 ], [ 286, 461 ], [ 308, 460 ], [ 711, 532 ], [ 736, 531 ], [ 768, 511 ], [ 780, 496 ], [ 778, 423 ], [ 799, 67 ], [ 795, 19 ], [ 779, -19 ], [ 734, -8 ], [ 662, 27 ] ], [ [ 399, 413 ], [ 414, 387 ], [ 354, 297 ], [ 315, 263 ] ], [ [ 312, 380 ], [ 416, 315 ], [ 436, 284 ] ], [ [ 406, 240 ], [ 415, 217 ], [ 407, 201 ], [ 357, 139 ], 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