Read Edit View history 籽 zǐ seed Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A grain 米 seed 子; 子 also provides the pronunciation 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 Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 籽 Simp strokes 籽 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 籽 Simp strokes 籽 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 籽 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 145, 633 ], [ 224, 531 ] ], [ [ 415, 696 ], [ 442, 656 ], [ 366, 572 ] ], [ [ 73, 432 ], [ 128, 421 ], [ 443, 480 ] ], [ [ 259, 810 ], [ 317, 754 ], [ 283, -21 ] ], [ [ 279, 429 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191 Q 206 236 274 348 Q 278 355 282 362 C 333 452 273 462 261 430 Z", "M 321 338 Q 325 334 335 327 Q 363 305 392 278 Q 404 268 417 269 Q 426 270 429 280 Q 433 293 425 317 Q 416 345 330 366 Q 326 367 322 367 C 292 369 299 358 321 338 Z", "M 666 515 Q 795 635 827 648 Q 846 655 840 671 Q 836 687 770 723 Q 751 733 728 724 Q 676 705 597 681 Q 576 674 527 675 Q 503 676 511 656 Q 518 643 538 631 Q 569 615 603 634 Q 619 641 702 678 Q 717 682 729 675 Q 742 666 735 652 Q 698 594 653 522 C 637 497 644 495 666 515 Z", "M 710 444 Q 695 498 666 515 L 653 522 Q 628 534 616 528 Q 603 522 616 508 Q 649 480 655 435 L 664 396 Q 680 318 677 239 Q 676 143 649 85 Q 634 64 605 74 Q 574 86 544 97 Q 534 101 536 89 Q 540 82 557 66 Q 594 26 604 -2 Q 611 -21 629 -20 Q 642 -20 671 4 Q 699 26 714 65 Q 739 153 734 277 Q 731 350 720 403 L 710 444 Z", "M 720 403 Q 790 412 887 412 Q 941 412 948 422 Q 952 432 937 446 Q 885 482 826 468 Q 777 459 710 444 L 655 435 Q 556 419 443 402 Q 424 399 439 383 Q 452 370 470 365 Q 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