Read Edit View history Discussion 璧 bì piece of jade with hole in it Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas bì × 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 璧 Simp strokes 璧 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 璧 Simp strokes 璧 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 璧 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 304, 735 ], [ 449, 753 ], [ 470, 727 ], [ 435, 649 ] ], [ [ 287, 605 ], [ 473, 623 ] ], [ [ 241, 756 ], [ 277, 712 ], [ 242, 542 ], [ 184, 403 ], [ 97, 290 ] ], [ [ 261, 507 ], [ 301, 328 ] ], [ [ 283, 509 ], [ 433, 525 ], [ 463, 497 ], [ 425, 416 ] ], [ [ 320, 374 ], [ 465, 394 ] ], [ [ 629, 847 ], [ 728, 776 ] ], [ [ 567, 704 ], [ 843, 733 ] ], [ [ 570, 654 ], [ 634, 588 ] 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