Read Edit View history Discussion 縣 xiànxuán HSK4 county Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend", now written as 懸. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas xiàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 县 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a severed head. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 縣 Simp strokes 縣 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 縣 Simp strokes 縣 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a rope. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 縣 Simp strokes 縣 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 縣 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 243, 786 ], [ 271, 751 ], [ 276, 614 ], [ 271, 495 ], [ 277, 437 ] ], [ [ 285, 777 ], [ 303, 770 ], [ 396, 797 ], [ 418, 788 ], [ 433, 773 ], [ 426, 513 ], [ 415, 476 ], [ 420, 430 ] ], [ [ 300, 651 ], [ 310, 666 ], [ 334, 671 ], [ 364, 668 ] ], [ [ 301, 556 ], [ 309, 568 ], [ 324, 572 ], [ 369, 569 ] ], [ [ 296, 460 ], [ 309, 472 ], [ 357, 482 ], [ 373, 468 ] ], [ [ 129, 598 ], [ 163, 568 ], [ 172, 549 ], [ 166, 331 ], [ 217, 331 ], [ 448, 379 ], [ 501, 368 ] ], [ [ 296, 327 ], [ 321, 305 ], [ 321, 117 ], [ 304, 83 ], [ 239, 114 ] ], [ [ 180, 248 ], [ 163, 176 ], [ 139, 129 ], [ 133, 103 ] ], [ [ 381, 274 ], [ 429, 247 ], [ 449, 218 ] ], [ [ 833, 763 ], [ 816, 771 ], [ 770, 776 ], [ 684, 732 ], [ 637, 720 ], [ 628, 711 ], [ 615, 714 ], 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365 497 368 492 383 466 Z", "M 293 646 Q 333 653 362 657 Q 381 663 374 673 Q 364 686 340 687 Q 321 688 293 678 C 265 668 263 641 293 646 Z", "M 294 549 Q 334 558 366 561 Q 384 565 377 574 Q 368 584 349 588 Q 307 591 293 577 C 271 557 265 542 294 549 Z", "M 293 452 Q 321 461 383 466 C 413 468 400 490 371 498 Q 359 502 338 496 Q 316 489 295 483 C 266 475 264 443 293 452 Z", "M 334 339 Q 335 340 339 341 Q 430 356 490 356 Q 511 356 511 367 Q 511 379 477 395 Q 450 408 436 400 Q 414 393 389 386 Q 313 370 234 353 Q 207 346 196 352 Q 186 356 188 370 Q 191 451 200 539 Q 206 563 186 582 Q 153 610 131 609 Q 112 609 121 589 Q 154 540 149 488 Q 148 368 135 348 Q 125 330 134 316 Q 149 294 162 293 Q 169 293 191 304 Q 231 319 287 330 L 334 339 Z", "M 287 330 Q 297 293 297 199 Q 297 138 291 124 Q 287 114 269 120 Q 257 121 244 121 Q 234 122 231 117 Q 228 111 238 101 Q 280 52 291 26 Q 301 13 309 13 Q 321 17 333 49 Q 351 82 351 143 Q 347 240 349 275 Q 355 317 334 339 C 316 363 280 359 287 330 Z", "M 168 251 Q 147 203 119 160 Q 98 132 117 96 Q 124 80 145 91 Q 191 128 193 196 Q 197 227 191 251 Q 187 260 180 260 Q 173 259 168 251 Z", "M 397 245 Q 436 206 449 206 Q 458 206 461 217 Q 465 227 458 251 Q 452 269 393 282 Q 380 285 376 282 Q 372 279 373 269 Q 376 262 397 245 Z", "M 678 712 Q 795 748 822 751 Q 838 750 842 757 Q 846 767 836 778 Q 782 823 752 820 Q 745 817 744 807 Q 738 768 550 699 Q 544 692 549 688 Q 558 685 643 704 L 678 712 Z", "M 707 531 Q 650 532 603 531 Q 581 532 593 545 Q 647 603 695 646 Q 710 659 709 666 Q 709 678 678 712 C 658 734 645 734 643 704 Q 646 668 578 581 Q 563 560 535 543 Q 517 531 518 520 Q 519 504 531 486 Q 540 476 551 481 Q 584 496 691 509 C 721 513 737 531 707 531 Z", "M 683 339 Q 683 340 684 340 Q 742 356 802 368 C 831 374 818 388 788 385 Q 707 378 613 357 Q 588 350 605 369 Q 651 418 757 517 Q 788 550 816 567 Q 829 576 824 586 Q 817 605 786 629 Q 773 639 762 638 Q 752 637 752 621 Q 752 596 707 531 L 691 509 Q 684 503 679 495 Q 558 363 527 352 Q 512 345 514 331 Q 514 318 537 296 Q 546 283 562 293 Q 602 314 644 327 L 683 339 Z", "M 802 368 Q 815 352 830 331 Q 840 318 854 316 Q 863 315 869 325 Q 876 337 873 364 Q 872 386 841 410 Q 769 455 756 451 Q 752 448 751 437 Q 751 428 788 385 L 802 368 Z", "M 644 327 Q 659 290 661 174 Q 662 98 656 80 Q 652 71 634 77 Q 616 81 597 85 Q 585 86 583 80 Q 580 74 590 63 Q 639 6 654 -25 Q 664 -40 675 -39 Q 688 -35 701 0 Q 720 36 720 103 Q 716 217 717 258 Q 724 301 704 323 Q 692 333 683 339 C 659 357 635 356 644 327 Z", "M 523 238 Q 507 186 482 136 Q 467 109 485 78 Q 492 63 510 76 Q 552 115 550 190 Q 551 218 543 240 Q 539 247 533 247 Q 526 246 523 238 Z", "M 789 225 Q 828 188 874 134 Q 890 115 905 110 Q 914 109 921 119 Q 933 132 921 175 Q 912 215 850 237 Q 811 250 790 256 Q 781 260 779 249 Q 778 236 789 225 Z" ] } 16 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical 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