Read Edit View history 礎 chǔ foundation Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 楚 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas chǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 础 × 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 礎 Simp strokes 礎 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 礎 Simp strokes 礎 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 礎 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 115, 606 ], [ 186, 607 ], [ 328, 653 ], [ 376, 653 ] ], [ [ 229, 590 ], [ 262, 568 ], [ 218, 439 ], [ 180, 364 ], [ 144, 309 ], [ 99, 254 ], [ 42, 198 ] ], [ [ 160, 411 ], [ 191, 369 ], [ 225, 191 ] ], [ [ 222, 388 ], [ 238, 400 ], [ 313, 426 ], [ 345, 423 ], [ 360, 406 ], [ 358, 396 ], [ 336, 309 ], [ 317, 300 ] ], [ [ 244, 237 ], [ 258, 253 ], [ 316, 267 ], [ 346, 269 ], [ 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