Read Edit View history 牡 mǔ HSK7 male of animals Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a cow (牛) with a penis (丄). In oracle bone script the animals varied in depiction, such as a pig (豕), a deer (鹿), sheep (羊), horse (馬), etc. Pinyin Separate values with commas mǔ × 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 牡 Simp strokes 牡 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a penis. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 牡 Simp strokes 牡 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 牡 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 193, 622 ], [ 222, 589 ], [ 203, 524 ], [ 149, 427 ], [ 102, 375 ] ], [ [ 223, 498 ], [ 239, 506 ], [ 338, 518 ], [ 414, 542 ], [ 473, 543 ] ], [ [ 310, 816 ], [ 346, 784 ], [ 363, 754 ], [ 354, 249 ], [ 338, 77 ], [ 340, -10 ] ], [ [ 90, 204 ], [ 110, 196 ], [ 137, 195 ], [ 324, 306 ], [ 467, 382 ] ], [ [ 529, 435 ], [ 551, 430 ], [ 607, 433 ], [ 718, 456 ], [ 796, 480 ], [ 856, 482 ] ], [ [ 636, 757 ], [ 689, 714 ], [ 691, 683 ], [ 678, 238 ], [ 660, 217 ] ], [ [ 451, 165 ], [ 507, 160 ], [ 649, 189 ], [ 855, 219 ], [ 919, 214 ], [ 953, 203 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 228 521 Q 244 558 263 587 Q 270 600 256 613 Q 208 638 188 634 Q 178 630 181 616 Q 202 537 124 422 Q 114 412 92 376 Q 85 360 99 366 Q 115 370 134 389 Q 185 438 215 493 L 228 521 Z", "M 377 505 Q 473 529 479 533 Q 488 540 483 549 Q 476 559 448 566 Q 406 575 378 555 L 336 541 Q 324 540 313 536 Q 273 527 228 521 C 198 517 186 500 215 493 Q 258 481 311 492 Q 321 495 335 496 L 377 505 Z", "M 331 285 Q 331 189 306 96 Q 296 60 320 -2 Q 327 -20 335 -23 Q 341 -30 348 -21 Q 355 -17 365 3 Q 375 28 374 58 Q 373 92 375 313 L 375 347 Q 375 417 377 505 L 378 555 Q 378 682 398 750 Q 413 775 378 798 Q 363 808 342 821 Q 320 837 299 822 Q 295 818 301 802 Q 334 753 335 704 Q 336 631 337 548 Q 336 545 336 541 L 335 496 Q 332 414 331 326 L 331 285 Z", "M 331 326 Q 106 224 99 220 Q 81 220 76 206 Q 75 197 88 182 Q 106 164 128 154 Q 140 150 168 170 Q 282 257 331 285 L 375 313 Q 405 334 436 350 Q 460 360 472 376 Q 479 389 468 389 Q 456 389 375 347 L 331 326 Z", "M 709 431 Q 856 464 863 471 Q 872 480 867 488 Q 860 500 830 507 Q 799 513 768 500 Q 740 490 711 481 L 659 466 Q 601 454 537 446 Q 500 439 527 422 Q 569 401 637 416 Q 647 419 659 419 L 709 431 Z", "M 700 218 Q 704 327 709 431 L 711 481 Q 714 628 736 720 Q 740 733 717 749 Q 677 771 649 775 Q 631 779 622 769 Q 613 759 623 743 Q 654 697 655 664 Q 659 570 659 466 L 659 419 Q 658 319 653 210 C 652 180 699 188 700 218 Z", "M 653 210 Q 559 194 453 176 Q 431 173 447 155 Q 484 125 532 140 Q 691 188 939 187 Q 960 188 965 197 Q 971 210 952 224 Q 889 269 811 243 Q 763 233 700 218 L 653 210 Z" ] } 7 strokes 牡 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 193, 622 ], [ 222, 589 ], [ 203, 524 ], [ 149, 427 ], [ 102, 375 ] ], [ [ 223, 498 ], [ 239, 506 ], [ 338, 518 ], [ 414, 542 ], [ 473, 543 ] ], [ [ 310, 816 ], [ 346, 784 ], [ 363, 754 ], [ 354, 249 ], [ 338, 77 ], [ 340, -10 ] ], [ [ 90, 204 ], [ 110, 196 ], [ 137, 195 ], [ 324, 306 ], [ 467, 382 ] ], [ [ 529, 435 ], [ 551, 430 ], [ 607, 433 ], [ 718, 456 ], [ 796, 480 ], [ 856, 482 ] ], [ [ 636, 757 ], [ 689, 714 ], [ 691, 683 ], [ 678, 238 ], [ 660, 217 ] ], [ [ 451, 165 ], [ 507, 160 ], [ 649, 189 ], [ 855, 219 ], [ 919, 214 ], [ 953, 203 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 228 521 Q 244 558 263 587 Q 270 600 256 613 Q 208 638 188 634 Q 178 630 181 616 Q 202 537 124 422 Q 114 412 92 376 Q 85 360 99 366 Q 115 370 134 389 Q 185 438 215 493 L 228 521 Z", "M 377 505 Q 473 529 479 533 Q 488 540 483 549 Q 476 559 448 566 Q 406 575 378 555 L 336 541 Q 324 540 313 536 Q 273 527 228 521 C 198 517 186 500 215 493 Q 258 481 311 492 Q 321 495 335 496 L 377 505 Z", "M 331 285 Q 331 189 306 96 Q 296 60 320 -2 Q 327 -20 335 -23 Q 341 -30 348 -21 Q 355 -17 365 3 Q 375 28 374 58 Q 373 92 375 313 L 375 347 Q 375 417 377 505 L 378 555 Q 378 682 398 750 Q 413 775 378 798 Q 363 808 342 821 Q 320 837 299 822 Q 295 818 301 802 Q 334 753 335 704 Q 336 631 337 548 Q 336 545 336 541 L 335 496 Q 332 414 331 326 L 331 285 Z", "M 331 326 Q 106 224 99 220 Q 81 220 76 206 Q 75 197 88 182 Q 106 164 128 154 Q 140 150 168 170 Q 282 257 331 285 L 375 313 Q 405 334 436 350 Q 460 360 472 376 Q 479 389 468 389 Q 456 389 375 347 L 331 326 Z", "M 709 431 Q 856 464 863 471 Q 872 480 867 488 Q 860 500 830 507 Q 799 513 768 500 Q 740 490 711 481 L 659 466 Q 601 454 537 446 Q 500 439 527 422 Q 569 401 637 416 Q 647 419 659 419 L 709 431 Z", "M 700 218 Q 704 327 709 431 L 711 481 Q 714 628 736 720 Q 740 733 717 749 Q 677 771 649 775 Q 631 779 622 769 Q 613 759 623 743 Q 654 697 655 664 Q 659 570 659 466 L 659 419 Q 658 319 653 210 C 652 180 699 188 700 218 Z", "M 653 210 Q 559 194 453 176 Q 431 173 447 155 Q 484 125 532 140 Q 691 188 939 187 Q 960 188 965 197 Q 971 210 952 224 Q 889 269 811 243 Q 763 233 700 218 L 653 210 Z" ] } 7 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.