Read Edit View history Discussion 研 yányàn HSK4 grind Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 幵 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas yán × 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 研 Simp strokes 研 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 研 Simp strokes 研 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 研 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 136, 664 ], [ 159, 659 ], [ 212, 661 ], [ 361, 703 ], [ 421, 706 ] ], [ [ 230, 636 ], [ 257, 614 ], [ 240, 552 ], [ 209, 477 ], [ 152, 374 ], [ 96, 303 ], [ 58, 263 ], [ 34, 248 ], [ 33, 241 ] ], [ [ 155, 460 ], [ 186, 419 ], [ 217, 239 ] ], [ [ 213, 435 ], [ 234, 452 ], [ 315, 479 ], [ 329, 479 ], [ 351, 463 ], [ 356, 447 ], [ 338, 357 ], [ 316, 345 ] ], [ [ 236, 277 ], [ 250, 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444 310 333 C 306 303 354 302 359 332 Z", "M 231 270 Q 238 271 244 273 Q 284 286 375 301 Q 385 302 386 312 Q 386 319 359 332 L 310 333 Q 307 333 306 332 Q 261 316 227 305 C 198 296 201 265 231 270 Z", "M 731 667 Q 756 674 787 679 Q 836 691 843 697 Q 853 706 847 715 Q 840 728 808 736 Q 780 742 660 703 Q 497 675 483 672 Q 443 665 471 647 Q 510 623 604 642 Q 641 649 680 656 L 731 667 Z", "M 760 413 Q 814 417 884 420 Q 941 420 948 430 Q 952 442 937 454 Q 879 493 822 474 Q 795 468 761 460 L 709 449 Q 681 446 651 439 Q 611 432 569 424 L 520 416 Q 465 409 407 398 Q 388 395 403 379 Q 416 366 434 362 Q 455 358 470 362 Q 492 369 518 375 L 566 386 Q 635 402 709 408 L 760 413 Z", "M 569 424 Q 575 523 579 545 Q 585 564 565 573 Q 520 595 507 592 Q 488 589 503 569 Q 524 535 520 416 L 518 375 Q 518 279 454 176 Q 433 146 387 101 Q 374 89 371 83 Q 370 76 380 77 Q 395 77 413 91 Q 453 118 476 143 Q 548 224 566 386 L 569 424 Z", "M 709 -30 Q 715 -55 722 -65 Q 728 -72 735 -70 Q 750 -61 756 -1 Q 765 87 763 172 Q 759 229 760 413 L 761 460 Q 761 544 773 622 Q 777 640 762 649 Q 743 661 731 667 C 705 682 666 682 680 656 Q 680 652 695 630 Q 711 599 709 449 L 709 408 Q 703 18 709 -30 Z" ] } 9 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.