Read Edit View history Discussion 究 jiū HSK4 examine, scrutinize Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiū ×jiu × 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 究 Simp strokes 究 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 究 Simp strokes 究 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 究 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 437, 840 ], [ 532, 791 ], [ 561, 750 ] ], [ [ 245, 687 ], [ 254, 657 ], [ 250, 634 ], [ 199, 547 ], [ 188, 493 ] ], [ [ 286, 651 ], [ 301, 642 ], [ 323, 642 ], [ 466, 671 ], [ 593, 689 ], [ 732, 700 ], [ 771, 679 ], [ 781, 660 ], [ 719, 581 ], [ 708, 577 ] ], [ [ 382, 587 ], [ 394, 569 ], [ 397, 550 ], [ 329, 478 ], [ 259, 431 ] ], [ [ 561, 586 ], [ 632, 542 ], [ 663, 500 ] ], [ [ 426, 461 ], [ 452, 434 ], [ 457, 413 ], [ 425, 287 ], [ 383, 186 ], [ 331, 113 ], [ 286, 70 ], [ 229, 33 ], [ 161, 5 ] ], [ [ 237, 312 ], [ 290, 308 ], [ 556, 377 ], [ 586, 378 ], [ 615, 370 ], [ 629, 354 ], [ 584, 220 ], [ 576, 154 ], [ 580, 102 ], [ 590, 72 ], [ 610, 41 ], [ 648, 18 ], [ 682, 8 ], [ 728, 3 ], [ 801, 7 ], [ 868, 22 ], [ 911, 46 ], [ 913, 181 ], [ 908, 206 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 466 794 Q 497 772 529 743 Q 545 730 563 731 Q 576 732 580 748 Q 584 766 572 799 Q 565 820 529 833 Q 445 854 432 847 Q 426 843 429 828 Q 433 815 466 794 Z", "M 278 659 Q 268 684 256 693 Q 237 709 234 682 Q 234 643 187 595 Q 145 562 171 491 Q 184 461 209 490 Q 228 515 244 553 Q 263 599 277 626 Q 277 627 278 628 C 285 642 285 642 278 659 Z", "M 278 628 Q 302 616 353 627 Q 498 669 699 682 Q 712 682 721 681 Q 736 668 732 661 Q 717 616 703 570 L 705 569 Q 712 565 731 577 Q 788 614 834 626 Q 871 638 871 646 Q 870 656 794 712 Q 770 730 681 714 Q 581 704 378 671 Q 327 664 278 659 C 248 656 249 636 278 628 Z", "M 373 583 Q 377 570 370 560 Q 340 509 261 440 Q 254 436 250 431 Q 246 424 256 423 Q 298 423 396 511 Q 411 526 422 532 Q 431 538 429 548 Q 428 557 413 577 Q 397 595 384 597 Q 371 598 373 583 Z", "M 578 552 Q 606 527 638 496 Q 650 484 663 485 Q 673 485 677 497 Q 681 510 674 535 Q 670 556 639 571 Q 573 601 556 595 Q 552 591 553 580 Q 556 570 578 552 Z", "M 408 322 Q 360 118 190 32 Q 174 22 157 12 Q 144 3 155 0 Q 215 -6 305 61 Q 342 88 395 160 Q 431 220 468 338 L 481 379 Q 488 397 498 413 Q 508 431 494 441 Q 451 480 423 474 Q 410 471 414 455 Q 426 424 415 362 L 408 322 Z", "M 468 338 Q 559 363 578 350 Q 593 343 586 316 Q 517 109 589 27 Q 652 -36 813 -24 Q 901 -15 950 6 Q 983 16 970 40 Q 940 101 924 192 Q 918 211 910 215 Q 901 219 899 202 Q 890 96 862 66 Q 853 50 804 41 Q 678 17 631 56 Q 604 86 600 135 Q 596 181 619 249 Q 641 313 675 334 Q 706 356 674 376 Q 653 392 632 406 Q 608 421 589 408 Q 567 402 481 379 L 415 362 Q 297 334 246 328 Q 227 327 225 311 Q 224 301 258 287 Q 289 274 334 294 Q 365 310 408 322 L 468 338 Z" ] } 7 strokes 究 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 437, 840 ], [ 532, 791 ], [ 561, 750 ] ], [ [ 245, 687 ], [ 254, 657 ], [ 250, 634 ], [ 199, 547 ], [ 188, 493 ] ], [ [ 286, 651 ], [ 301, 642 ], [ 323, 642 ], [ 466, 671 ], [ 593, 689 ], [ 732, 700 ], [ 771, 679 ], [ 781, 660 ], [ 719, 581 ], [ 708, 577 ] ], [ [ 382, 587 ], [ 394, 569 ], [ 397, 550 ], [ 329, 478 ], [ 259, 431 ] ], [ [ 561, 586 ], [ 632, 542 ], [ 663, 500 ] ], [ [ 426, 461 ], [ 452, 434 ], [ 457, 413 ], [ 425, 287 ], [ 383, 186 ], [ 331, 113 ], [ 286, 70 ], [ 229, 33 ], [ 161, 5 ] ], [ [ 237, 312 ], [ 290, 308 ], [ 556, 377 ], [ 586, 378 ], [ 615, 370 ], [ 629, 354 ], [ 584, 220 ], [ 576, 154 ], [ 580, 102 ], [ 590, 72 ], [ 610, 41 ], [ 648, 18 ], [ 682, 8 ], [ 728, 3 ], [ 801, 7 ], [ 868, 22 ], [ 911, 46 ], [ 913, 181 ], [ 908, 206 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 466 794 Q 497 772 529 743 Q 545 730 563 731 Q 576 732 580 748 Q 584 766 572 799 Q 565 820 529 833 Q 445 854 432 847 Q 426 843 429 828 Q 433 815 466 794 Z", "M 278 659 Q 268 684 256 693 Q 237 709 234 682 Q 234 643 187 595 Q 145 562 171 491 Q 184 461 209 490 Q 228 515 244 553 Q 263 599 277 626 Q 277 627 278 628 C 285 642 285 642 278 659 Z", "M 278 628 Q 302 616 353 627 Q 498 669 699 682 Q 712 682 721 681 Q 736 668 732 661 Q 717 616 703 570 L 705 569 Q 712 565 731 577 Q 788 614 834 626 Q 871 638 871 646 Q 870 656 794 712 Q 770 730 681 714 Q 581 704 378 671 Q 327 664 278 659 C 248 656 249 636 278 628 Z", "M 373 583 Q 377 570 370 560 Q 340 509 261 440 Q 254 436 250 431 Q 246 424 256 423 Q 298 423 396 511 Q 411 526 422 532 Q 431 538 429 548 Q 428 557 413 577 Q 397 595 384 597 Q 371 598 373 583 Z", "M 578 552 Q 606 527 638 496 Q 650 484 663 485 Q 673 485 677 497 Q 681 510 674 535 Q 670 556 639 571 Q 573 601 556 595 Q 552 591 553 580 Q 556 570 578 552 Z", "M 408 322 Q 360 118 190 32 Q 174 22 157 12 Q 144 3 155 0 Q 215 -6 305 61 Q 342 88 395 160 Q 431 220 468 338 L 481 379 Q 488 397 498 413 Q 508 431 494 441 Q 451 480 423 474 Q 410 471 414 455 Q 426 424 415 362 L 408 322 Z", "M 468 338 Q 559 363 578 350 Q 593 343 586 316 Q 517 109 589 27 Q 652 -36 813 -24 Q 901 -15 950 6 Q 983 16 970 40 Q 940 101 924 192 Q 918 211 910 215 Q 901 219 899 202 Q 890 96 862 66 Q 853 50 804 41 Q 678 17 631 56 Q 604 86 600 135 Q 596 181 619 249 Q 641 313 675 334 Q 706 356 674 376 Q 653 392 632 406 Q 608 421 589 408 Q 567 402 481 379 L 415 362 Q 297 334 246 328 Q 227 327 225 311 Q 224 301 258 287 Q 289 274 334 294 Q 365 310 408 322 L 468 338 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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.