Read Edit View history 篌 hóu ancient music instrument Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas hóu × 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 篌 Simp strokes 篌 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 篌 Simp strokes 篌 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 篌 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 300, 794 ], [ 332, 748 ], [ 279, 654 ], [ 192, 566 ] ], [ [ 338, 686 ], [ 510, 713 ] ], [ [ 349, 634 ], [ 430, 577 ] ], [ [ 585, 827 ], [ 619, 783 ], [ 576, 692 ], [ 501, 609 ] ], [ [ 623, 716 ], [ 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835 586 832 Q 576 828 579 815 Q 597 746 526 650 Q 523 650 496 611 Q 489 598 503 602 Q 516 605 534 619 Q 586 664 615 715 L 623 730 Z", "M 615 715 Q 624 706 660 698 Q 688 695 717 704 Q 756 713 795 721 Q 814 725 816 729 Q 825 736 820 745 Q 813 755 784 762 Q 754 766 726 753 Q 705 746 684 741 Q 660 735 631 732 Q 627 732 623 730 C 603 724 603 724 615 715 Z", "M 660 628 Q 688 607 720 581 Q 732 571 745 572 Q 754 573 757 584 Q 760 597 752 621 Q 740 651 654 667 Q 641 668 636 667 Q 632 663 634 653 Q 637 644 660 628 Z", "M 262 351 Q 382 495 383 499 Q 383 503 382 508 Q 379 521 354 544 Q 330 565 312 566 Q 294 565 300 544 Q 325 469 105 241 Q 95 232 92 226 Q 88 216 101 217 Q 134 221 236 323 L 262 351 Z", "M 236 323 Q 273 259 237 81 Q 216 53 251 -11 Q 254 -15 258 -21 Q 274 -36 286 -11 Q 299 28 299 71 Q 300 234 307 271 Q 314 296 305 306 Q 272 345 262 351 C 239 370 223 350 236 323 Z", "M 679 450 Q 697 492 720 506 Q 735 522 722 538 Q 709 550 663 571 Q 647 578 628 571 Q 565 543 468 529 Q 455 528 456 519 Q 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275 547 269 Q 559 244 555 202 L 548 165 Q 526 72 387 13 Q 374 7 358 1 Q 333 -9 361 -12 Q 439 -16 527 44 Q 533 51 541 57 Q 577 91 599 150 L 617 213 Z", "M 599 150 Q 663 65 746 -29 Q 762 -45 789 -42 Q 879 -33 907 -26 Q 914 -23 916 -19 Q 916 -15 905 -9 Q 770 42 696 103 Q 656 136 612 175 C 590 195 578 178 599 150 Z" ] } 15 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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