Read Edit View history 章 zhāngZhāng HSK3 chapter, seal Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Possibly depicts using a blade (䇂) to engrave a block of jade. Based on the original meaning "jade ornament", now written as 璋. Later the meaning shifted to "seal" and "chapter". Pinyin Separate values with commas zhāng × 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 章 Simp strokes 章 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a block of jade. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 章 Simp strokes 章 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 章 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 453, 843 ], [ 519, 815 ], [ 551, 781 ] ], [ [ 336, 713 ], [ 386, 705 ], [ 435, 707 ], [ 659, 743 ], [ 708, 739 ] ], [ [ 379, 650 ], [ 431, 582 ] ], [ [ 589, 705 ], [ 614, 670 ], [ 576, 591 ], [ 548, 560 ] ], [ [ 126, 505 ], [ 185, 496 ], [ 444, 534 ], [ 819, 566 ], [ 861, 562 ], [ 910, 546 ] ], [ [ 310, 453 ], [ 336, 433 ], [ 347, 416 ], [ 391, 255 ] ], [ [ 358, 453 ], [ 397, 446 ], [ 604, 476 ], [ 651, 466 ], [ 673, 435 ], [ 628, 298 ], [ 628, 271 ] ], [ [ 393, 353 ], [ 448, 370 ], [ 553, 383 ], [ 572, 377 ] ], [ [ 409, 271 ], [ 419, 279 ], [ 578, 298 ], [ 593, 306 ] ], [ [ 186, 153 ], [ 245, 142 ], [ 422, 166 ], [ 772, 192 ], [ 858, 170 ] ], [ [ 521, 268 ], [ 501, 247 ], [ 495, -71 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 476 812 Q 500 796 526 774 Q 539 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