Read Edit View history 稈 gǎn straw Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Dried 旱 grain stalks 禾; 旱 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas gǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 秆 × 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 稈 Simp strokes 稈 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 稈 Simp strokes 稈 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 稈 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 447, 757 ], [ 381, 768 ], [ 308, 723 ], [ 237, 693 ], [ 193, 682 ], [ 183, 673 ], [ 166, 676 ], [ 155, 666 ] ], [ [ 77, 503 ], [ 97, 498 ], [ 140, 500 ], [ 369, 575 ], 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450 204 387 Q 158 317 51 193 Q 45 183 56 182 Q 62 181 72 189 Q 204 289 292 446 C 348 545 289 549 277 522 Z", "M 333 434 Q 340 427 355 415 Q 374 399 396 378 Q 408 368 421 369 Q 430 369 433 380 Q 437 393 429 417 Q 420 441 350 454 Q 337 457 333 455 C 315 452 315 452 333 434 Z", "M 545 758 Q 533 764 504 769 Q 492 772 489 767 Q 482 760 491 744 Q 522 680 539 576 Q 542 545 560 523 Q 578 501 583 517 Q 584 524 586 532 L 586 561 Q 585 573 583 586 Q 579 611 575 631 L 571 653 Q 562 705 560 726 C 557 753 557 753 545 758 Z", "M 737 549 Q 756 521 773 513 Q 783 506 799 527 Q 812 551 839 678 Q 848 709 871 736 Q 884 749 872 763 Q 856 779 813 806 Q 795 813 725 796 Q 698 796 545 758 C 516 751 531 718 560 726 Q 624 745 739 762 Q 763 765 773 758 Q 786 748 784 729 Q 766 608 757 589 Q 753 576 738 573 C 725 566 725 566 737 549 Z", "M 575 631 Q 581 630 589 631 Q 664 643 719 649 Q 741 653 733 665 Q 723 678 699 683 Q 669 687 571 653 C 543 643 545 634 575 631 Z", "M 586 532 Q 592 531 601 533 Q 644 543 737 549 C 764 551 761 553 738 573 Q 734 577 726 582 Q 711 589 685 583 Q 631 570 586 561 C 557 555 556 534 586 532 Z", "M 673 427 Q 694 433 792 446 Q 802 445 809 456 Q 810 466 790 476 Q 757 492 683 471 Q 673 470 664 466 Q 625 457 523 442 Q 498 438 518 423 Q 548 402 595 412 Q 607 415 623 417 L 673 427 Z", "M 700 287 Q 778 297 940 297 Q 959 297 963 306 Q 969 316 952 330 Q 894 373 848 355 Q 788 343 702 327 L 645 318 Q 539 303 416 286 Q 395 283 411 267 Q 424 254 442 249 Q 463 245 478 248 Q 556 270 645 280 L 700 287 Z", "M 645 280 Q 645 -45 653 -63 Q 654 -69 658 -73 Q 664 -80 671 -78 Q 698 -60 698 97 Q 697 139 700 287 L 702 327 Q 703 345 705 356 Q 708 372 710 385 Q 714 401 700 411 Q 684 421 673 427 C 647 442 612 445 623 417 Q 633 390 645 361 Q 645 340 645 318 L 645 280 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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