Read Edit View history 羲 Xī ancient emperor Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a weapon (我) slaughtering a pig for the purpose of sacrificing an animal for offering. The 我 component was later reanalyzed into phonetic component 義 and the component depicting the slaughtered pig was later reanalyzed as meaning component 兮. Based on the original meaning "sacrificial slaughter", now written as 犧. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas xī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Originally 我. Depicts a weapon. The 羊 (sheep) component was added later reanalyzing this component into phonetic component 義. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 羲 Simp strokes 羲 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Originally depicted a slaughtered pig. Later reanalyzed into meaning component 兮. 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Q 389 345 390 349 L 392 379 Z", "M 312 334 Q 231 253 180 221 Q 150 205 113 184 Q 100 177 111 174 Q 118 173 149 180 Q 186 187 223 210 Q 256 229 293 261 Q 323 288 342 313 Q 348 322 353 327 C 373 350 354 376 312 334 Z", "M 408 314 Q 469 268 483 268 Q 493 269 495 282 Q 494 291 486 303 Q 476 316 454 321 Q 421 331 408 332 Q 401 332 402 324 Q 402 320 408 314 Z", "M 367 247 Q 295 226 264 221 Q 237 214 258 203 Q 276 194 298 194 L 338 201 Q 447 231 452 235 Q 459 241 455 247 Q 449 256 427 260 Q 402 263 375 250 L 367 247 Z", "M 298 194 Q 298 176 278 148 Q 272 142 258 134 Q 245 124 246 112 Q 247 102 258 90 Q 267 81 277 89 Q 326 126 386 127 Q 419 131 420 95 Q 411 56 388 28 Q 373 9 361 4 Q 358 4 296 17 Q 284 23 283 18 Q 282 14 291 4 Q 318 -24 335 -51 Q 342 -60 349 -60 Q 359 -61 373 -52 Q 422 -19 457 74 Q 460 95 470 108 Q 479 115 472 125 Q 462 138 434 151 Q 430 154 326 139 Q 314 138 321 149 Q 337 170 343 174 Q 353 184 347 195 Q 343 199 338 201 C 318 223 304 223 298 194 Z", "M 636 154 Q 772 -41 916 -74 Q 920 -74 926 -76 Q 953 -72 946 -39 Q 934 -11 921 126 Q 920 139 914 141 Q 907 141 905 127 Q 895 96 886 67 Q 873 27 860 27 Q 821 26 735 105 Q 695 145 668 184 L 640 226 Q 588 308 572 377 Q 571 378 571 379 L 565 417 Q 564 439 568 459 Q 571 478 532 497 Q 493 513 482 509 Q 472 502 477 487 Q 507 460 518 405 L 528 373 Q 562 268 612 191 L 636 154 Z", "M 612 191 Q 609 190 607 186 Q 573 146 532 118 Q 498 94 479 79 Q 469 66 484 68 Q 535 68 636 154 L 668 184 Q 687 211 755 279 Q 768 289 756 307 Q 719 347 695 348 Q 683 348 683 333 Q 682 284 640 226 L 612 191 Z", "M 735 434 Q 763 409 792 380 Q 804 368 818 368 Q 828 369 833 381 Q 837 394 830 421 Q 824 448 732 478 Q 719 481 712 479 Q 708 475 708 464 Q 712 454 735 434 Z" ] } 16 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit 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