Read Edit View history Discussion 硝 xiāo saltpeter Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas xiāo × 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 硝 Simp strokes 硝 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 硝 Simp strokes 硝 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 硝 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 156, 625 ], [ 435, 677 ] ], [ [ 256, 605 ], [ 293, 577 ], [ 238, 436 ], [ 149, 291 ], [ 46, 183 ] ], [ [ 185, 421 ], [ 217, 382 ], [ 248, 162 ] ], [ [ 218, 414 ], [ 253, 411 ], [ 355, 443 ], [ 389, 428 ], [ 362, 295 ] ], [ [ 267, 240 ], [ 416, 275 ] ], [ [ 600, 806 ], [ 654, 766 ], [ 638, 518 ] ], [ [ 481, 672 ], [ 561, 581 ] ], [ [ 817, 775 ], [ 848, 730 ], [ 722, 616 ] ], 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337 347 295 C 342 265 389 264 394 294 Z", "M 262 234 Q 269 234 280 236 Q 320 248 410 261 Q 420 262 421 272 Q 421 279 394 294 L 347 295 Q 344 295 343 294 Q 295 278 257 267 C 228 259 232 233 262 234 Z", "M 665 525 Q 677 679 692 769 Q 696 779 677 794 Q 643 812 621 815 Q 605 819 598 810 Q 591 803 599 789 Q 615 765 617 749 Q 626 640 625 514 C 625 484 663 495 665 525 Z", "M 484 648 Q 523 588 547 576 Q 559 572 568 581 Q 575 591 574 605 Q 571 641 519 667 Q 486 685 478 682 Q 472 682 473 672 Q 473 662 484 648 Z", "M 800 731 Q 785 704 718 622 Q 708 606 726 609 Q 738 616 842 688 Q 860 704 883 715 Q 904 725 893 742 Q 880 758 854 772 Q 830 785 818 782 Q 805 781 810 767 Q 814 749 800 731 Z", "M 545 248 Q 548 297 552 336 L 554 362 Q 560 443 565 468 Q 565 471 565 472 L 553 503 Q 552 506 548 507 Q 520 523 502 523 Q 489 519 493 507 Q 539 398 484 156 Q 457 90 457 86 Q 453 68 468 37 Q 469 33 475 26 Q 482 13 492 18 Q 525 36 540 168 Q 540 180 543 222 L 545 248 Z", "M 565 472 Q 587 475 713 505 Q 734 509 740 498 Q 749 477 761 266 Q 764 86 752 67 Q 749 64 664 72 Q 642 76 645 67 Q 712 21 749 -12 Q 764 -31 781 -36 Q 791 -39 799 -28 Q 841 30 834 83 Q 795 435 821 488 Q 834 509 821 520 Q 797 539 759 554 Q 740 561 723 553 Q 689 535 665 525 L 625 514 Q 595 510 553 503 C 523 498 536 466 565 472 Z", "M 552 336 Q 556 335 563 336 Q 642 352 700 361 Q 722 365 713 377 Q 703 390 679 394 Q 646 397 554 362 C 526 351 522 339 552 336 Z", "M 543 222 Q 549 221 557 222 Q 645 235 710 241 Q 732 245 725 257 Q 715 270 691 276 Q 667 280 545 248 C 516 240 513 224 543 222 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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