Read Edit View history 私 sī HSK5 private Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 厶 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "grain". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas sī × 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 私 Simp strokes 私 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 私 Simp strokes 私 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 私 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 503, 751 ], [ 486, 758 ], [ 433, 763 ], [ 300, 688 ], [ 204, 653 ], [ 195, 656 ], [ 171, 642 ] ], [ [ 68, 448 ], [ 128, 440 ], [ 428, 508 ], [ 491, 515 ], [ 514, 510 ] ], [ [ 325, 676 ], [ 357, 661 ], [ 376, 633 ], [ 368, 335 ], [ 349, 75 ], [ 349, -19 ] ], [ [ 340, 459 ], [ 310, 399 ], [ 245, 313 ], [ 167, 230 ], [ 83, 153 ], [ 51, 131 ] ], [ [ 393, 402 ], [ 404, 398 ], [ 411, 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304 56 330 -11 Q 336 -27 343 -31 Q 349 -37 356 -30 Q 383 -14 383 47 Q 382 84 390 375 L 391 408 Z", "M 318 461 Q 243 332 44 135 Q 37 125 49 123 Q 73 120 210 241 Q 279 304 345 407 C 391 477 338 495 318 461 Z", "M 390 375 Q 406 368 466 319 Q 479 309 493 311 Q 502 312 505 324 Q 508 337 498 362 Q 486 392 395 408 Q 392 409 391 408 C 361 409 363 389 390 375 Z", "M 815 309 Q 710 297 598 274 Q 586 270 583 274 Q 579 280 585 298 Q 714 572 743 619 Q 755 632 746 645 Q 736 658 679 676 Q 658 682 648 675 Q 635 666 645 644 Q 660 616 646 572 Q 619 457 556 333 Q 534 291 482 247 Q 467 231 473 219 Q 480 200 513 181 Q 526 171 540 184 Q 583 221 816 278 Q 822 279 830 282 C 859 290 845 313 815 309 Z", "M 830 282 Q 881 201 887 197 Q 894 194 906 202 Q 922 212 919 261 Q 920 286 906 307 Q 890 331 845 368 Q 796 408 768 429 Q 759 436 754 424 Q 750 411 759 397 Q 786 358 815 309 L 830 282 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical 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