Read Edit View history Discussion 笫 zǐ bed boards Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas zǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint bamboo Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 笫 Simp strokes 笫 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 笫 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 291, 800 ], [ 322, 759 ], [ 287, 681 ], [ 173, 550 ] ], [ [ 325, 690 ], [ 506, 721 ] ], [ [ 341, 625 ], [ 428, 560 ] ], [ [ 583, 835 ], [ 615, 788 ], [ 572, 695 ], [ 486, 592 ] ], [ [ 611, 702 ], [ 818, 742 ] ], [ [ 634, 642 ], [ 716, 597 ], [ 741, 557 ] ], [ [ 346, 469 ], [ 378, 456 ], [ 711, 495 ] ], [ [ 297, 493 ], [ 318, 434 ], [ 274, 321 ], [ 285, 285 ], [ 652, 359 ], [ 762, 370 ], [ 802, 353 ], [ 815, 315 ], [ 744, 157 ], [ 710, 151 ], [ 636, 202 ] ], [ [ 479, 557 ], [ 514, 516 ], [ 508, -45 ] ], [ [ 480, 312 ], [ 455, 255 ], [ 363, 159 ], [ 169, 29 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M330,712Q343,737 359,759Q368,771 354,784Q315,811 290,809Q280,806 283,793Q296,703 203,592Q181,567 169,551Q162,538 175,542Q191,545 213,563Q280,618 315,685Q315,686 316,687C325,704 325,704 330,712Z", "M316,687Q362,672 405,684Q444,693 483,701Q502,705 504,709Q513,716 508,725Q501,735 472,742Q442,746 414,733Q393,726 372,721Q353,717 330,712C321,710 307,689 316,687Z", "M358,595Q377,579 396,559Q408,549 420,549Q429,550 433,561Q437,573 429,597Q425,612 402,621Q348,639 336,635Q332,631 333,621Q336,611 358,595Z", "M616,729Q634,763 652,792Q661,804 646,816Q607,844 582,839Q572,836 575,823Q593,748 500,622Q488,607 480,595Q473,580 487,586Q502,589 521,606Q570,649 600,699C611,719 611,719 616,729Z", "M600,699Q637,690 695,700Q741,709 790,719Q815,725 819,729Q828,736 823,745Q816,755 788,763Q758,767 729,756Q701,746 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