Read Edit View history 租 zū HSK2 rent Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "land tax". The meaning later shifted to "rent" and "hire". Pinyin Separate values with commas zū × 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 租 Simp strokes 租 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 租 Simp strokes 租 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 租 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 468, 758 ], [ 404, 764 ], [ 334, 711 ], [ 226, 653 ], [ 189, 644 ], [ 181, 634 ] ], [ [ 96, 471 ], [ 137, 462 ], [ 167, 465 ], [ 401, 528 ], [ 453, 535 ], [ 479, 531 ] ], [ [ 317, 675 ], [ 333, 666 ], [ 349, 640 ], [ 320, 89 ], [ 331, 5 ] ], [ [ 319, 478 ], [ 309, 469 ], [ 289, 404 ], [ 231, 312 ], [ 154, 215 ], [ 86, 146 ] ], [ [ 365, 420 ], [ 425, 381 ], [ 456, 343 ] ], [ [ 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810,191C776,186 776,186 759,184C732,181 623,169 599,166C569,163 569,163 554,161Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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.