Read Edit View history Discussion 物 wù HSK2 thing Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 勿 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "variety", depicting the variety of colors on a cow. Later the meaning shifted to "things". Pinyin Separate values with commas wù ×wu × 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 物 Simp strokes 物 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 物 Simp strokes 物 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 物 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 188, 630 ], [ 216, 595 ], [ 194, 528 ], [ 134, 429 ], [ 98, 396 ] ], [ [ 216, 501 ], [ 229, 508 ], [ 300, 516 ], [ 415, 552 ], [ 454, 548 ] ], [ [ 303, 828 ], [ 329, 806 ], [ 352, 775 ], [ 338, 285 ], [ 319, 74 ], [ 320, -2 ] ], [ [ 80, 226 ], [ 127, 218 ], [ 409, 397 ] ], [ [ 577, 793 ], [ 595, 781 ], [ 617, 751 ], [ 606, 718 ], [ 528, 552 ], [ 490, 491 ], [ 450, 443 ] ], [ 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713,365 738,421C765,484 767,477 727,518C718,527 688,524 690,512Z" ] } 8 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.