Read Edit View history Discussion 男 nán HSK1 male Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Traditionally males (男) were the people who plowed (力) the fields (田). Pinyin Separate values with commas nán × 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 男 Simp strokes 男 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a plow. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 男 Simp strokes 男 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 男 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 260, 752 ], [ 291, 729 ], [ 311, 698 ], [ 348, 524 ], [ 369, 470 ] ], [ [ 311, 747 ], [ 346, 734 ], [ 618, 774 ], [ 711, 778 ], [ 732, 771 ], [ 765, 730 ], [ 742, 683 ], [ 676, 495 ] ], [ [ 404, 615 ], [ 431, 615 ], [ 594, 646 ], [ 624, 641 ] ], [ [ 482, 735 ], [ 507, 717 ], [ 514, 700 ], [ 513, 554 ], [ 497, 532 ] ], [ [ 390, 483 ], [ 403, 494 ], [ 572, 521 ], [ 651, 527 ] ], [ [ 224, 323 ], [ 283, 311 ], [ 694, 381 ], [ 722, 383 ], [ 736, 375 ], [ 757, 354 ], [ 750, 308 ], [ 705, 128 ], [ 670, 52 ], [ 642, 23 ], [ 622, 14 ], [ 592, 29 ], [ 527, 78 ] ], [ [ 466, 463 ], [ 482, 448 ], [ 498, 417 ], [ 452, 282 ], [ 393, 175 ], [ 332, 108 ], [ 293, 78 ], [ 232, 46 ], [ 157, 21 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 305 750 Q 284 760 263 764 Q 256 765 251 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514,364C519,380 528,393 538,405C546,416 545,425 536,434C513,457 500,469 483,474C471,477 447,482 455,457C463,430 458,395 446,352C439,329 439,329 436,318Z" ] } 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.