Read Edit View history 硯 yàn inkstone Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 見 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 砚 × 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 硯 Simp strokes 硯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 硯 Simp strokes 硯 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 硯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 160, 624 ], [ 214, 621 ], [ 292, 637 ], [ 400, 670 ], [ 428, 672 ], [ 441, 666 ] ], [ [ 260, 603 ], [ 297, 574 ], [ 281, 510 ], [ 224, 378 ], [ 143, 250 ], [ 58, 156 ], [ 32, 132 ], [ 20, 129 ], [ 18, 121 ] ], [ [ 182, 391 ], [ 214, 364 ], [ 256, 151 ] ], [ [ 249, 360 ], [ 266, 377 ], [ 355, 408 ], [ 392, 407 ], [ 414, 387 ], [ 396, 295 ], [ 371, 276 ] ], [ [ 271, 212 ], [ 287, 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351 Q 129 257 12 123 Q 5 117 15 116 Q 69 131 179 266 Q 189 282 202 300 L 252 387 Z", "M 209 396 Q 202 399 188 401 Q 176 404 173 399 Q 166 392 175 377 Q 179 365 186 351 L 202 300 Q 214 258 223 205 Q 226 174 244 152 Q 262 130 267 145 Q 274 166 268 206 L 262 238 Q 247 325 244 356 C 239 401 268 378 209 396 Z", "M 244 356 Q 254 357 270 361 Q 310 374 343 383 Q 367 390 372 380 Q 379 376 375 341 Q 371 308 364 270 C 359 240 413 238 418 268 Q 431 347 453 372 Q 475 400 450 413 Q 429 423 400 439 Q 382 448 337 421 Q 309 408 252 387 C 224 377 214 352 244 356 Z", "M 268 206 Q 275 206 284 208 Q 330 221 430 237 Q 440 238 441 248 Q 441 255 418 268 L 364 270 L 362 270 Q 307 251 262 238 C 233 230 238 204 268 206 Z", "M 537 723 Q 531 729 511 736 Q 502 740 492 736 Q 485 732 491 720 Q 492 713 496 706 Q 520 666 510 476 Q 492 395 523 356 Q 524 355 527 352 Q 537 340 546 352 Q 553 364 555 376 L 557 406 Q 558 422 557 443 Q 556 468 556 492 L 556 514 Q 555 559 555 591 L 555 618 Q 555 687 557 692 C 559 709 559 709 537 723 Z", "M 711 396 Q 741 359 762 324 Q 769 308 781 308 Q 796 309 811 340 Q 829 376 825 420 Q 803 676 828 709 Q 837 721 828 731 Q 810 750 759 772 Q 743 781 727 772 Q 669 745 537 723 C 507 718 527 688 557 692 Q 573 693 717 722 Q 738 726 748 718 Q 769 702 762 496 Q 762 441 757 423 Q 753 408 741 412 C 716 396 710 398 711 396 Z", "M 555 591 Q 556 591 560 591 Q 642 604 703 613 Q 725 617 717 629 Q 707 642 683 647 Q 653 650 555 618 C 526 609 525 590 555 591 Z", "M 556 492 Q 562 491 573 491 Q 648 503 703 509 Q 725 513 717 525 Q 707 538 683 543 Q 647 547 556 514 C 528 504 526 495 556 492 Z", "M 669 391 Q 688 395 711 396 C 741 398 754 398 741 412 Q 735 419 718 431 Q 703 438 677 432 Q 611 416 557 406 C 528 400 525 374 555 376 Q 559 376 565 377 Q 592 384 637 388 L 669 391 Z", "M 557 340 Q 560 268 436 147 Q 433 146 431 143 Q 394 109 306 46 Q 299 42 307 39 Q 352 39 465 124 Q 552 211 605 278 Q 614 290 620 294 Q 626 298 626 307 Q 622 329 590 345 Q 574 352 564 351 Q 557 350 557 340 Z", "M 637 388 Q 636 384 640 372 Q 653 333 650 297 Q 643 152 655 113 Q 664 68 736 42 Q 883 3 982 77 Q 1003 93 987 122 Q 972 150 950 237 Q 949 253 941 258 Q 934 261 931 243 Q 907 149 890 118 Q 863 88 786 94 Q 755 95 730 107 Q 708 117 703 132 Q 679 178 705 346 Q 711 373 669 391 C 643 405 632 411 637 388 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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