Read Edit View history 缁 zī black silk Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Black 甾 silk 纟; 甾 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas zī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 緇 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 缁 Simp strokes 缁 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 缁 Simp strokes 缁 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 缁 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 267, 777 ], [ 301, 717 ], [ 153, 472 ], [ 171, 446 ], [ 301, 467 ] ], [ [ 359, 614 ], [ 387, 563 ], [ 212, 309 ], [ 235, 291 ], [ 389, 350 ] ], [ [ 101, 125 ], [ 167, 112 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