Read Edit View history Discussion 肘 zhǒu elbow Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written similar to 九, which depicts an elbow. Later the ⺼ (meat, flesh) component was added. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhǒu × 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 肘 Simp strokes 肘 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Originally depicted a bent arm, similar to 九. Later reanalyzed as 寸, which depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 肘 Simp strokes 肘 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 肘 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 163, 738 ], [ 195, 709 ], [ 203, 647 ], [ 199, 509 ], [ 182, 360 ], [ 165, 292 ], [ 133, 203 ], [ 79, 102 ], [ 51, 63 ] ], [ [ 226, 728 ], [ 236, 720 ], [ 250, 720 ], [ 329, 742 ], [ 356, 726 ], [ 366, 711 ], [ 366, 144 ], [ 347, 112 ], [ 250, 154 ] ], [ [ 229, 524 ], [ 235, 534 ], [ 253, 543 ], [ 305, 543 ] ], [ [ 212, 369 ], [ 217, 379 ], [ 240, 388 ], [ 275, 395 ], [ 305, 390 ] ], [ [ 426, 488 ], [ 481, 483 ], [ 594, 506 ], [ 830, 538 ], [ 884, 536 ], [ 931, 523 ] ], [ [ 659, 809 ], [ 677, 801 ], [ 710, 769 ], [ 706, 551 ], [ 716, 100 ], [ 697, 54 ], [ 583, 99 ], [ 581, 106 ], [ 570, 106 ] ], [ [ 479, 370 ], [ 543, 317 ], [ 566, 271 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 210 397 Q 216 419 223 519 L 225 551 Q 226 570 226 590 Q 229 683 232 696 Q 233 699 233 700 C 236 720 236 720 218 730 Q 205 740 185 746 Q 166 755 155 749 Q 145 742 152 729 Q 170 707 176 641 Q 176 425 150 318 Q 149 315 148 310 Q 115 193 48 73 Q 44 66 43 61 Q 42 51 51 54 Q 67 57 98 107 Q 167 197 204 365 L 210 397 Z", "M 233 700 L 303 719 Q 322 723 328 713 Q 335 694 338 663 Q 350 368 338 188 Q 337 163 329 151 Q 325 148 258 159 Q 239 165 241 155 Q 292 112 321 78 Q 334 60 349 56 Q 358 52 366 62 Q 403 111 402 160 Q 380 544 390 663 Q 393 688 401 703 Q 413 721 401 731 Q 380 749 346 763 Q 328 770 313 763 Q 285 747 268 742 Q 249 736 218 730 C 189 724 204 692 233 700 Z", "M 223 519 Q 266 529 302 534 Q 321 538 313 549 Q 303 562 280 564 Q 259 565 225 551 C 197 540 194 512 223 519 Z", "M 204 365 Q 261 374 301 380 Q 323 384 313 397 Q 303 410 278 413 Q 262 414 210 397 C 181 388 174 360 204 365 Z", "M 733 502 Q 796 509 878 509 Q 932 506 940 518 Q 944 528 929 542 Q 871 582 816 564 Q 780 558 733 547 L 682 537 Q 669 536 655 533 Q 552 517 428 498 Q 407 495 423 479 Q 436 466 454 461 Q 475 457 490 461 Q 590 491 682 497 L 733 502 Z", "M 682 497 Q 683 358 686 132 Q 686 108 674 99 Q 668 95 594 107 Q 560 119 563 108 Q 564 101 586 86 Q 653 35 670 6 Q 691 -28 707 -29 Q 722 -30 736 6 Q 754 54 750 130 Q 734 316 733 502 L 733 547 Q 733 695 749 760 Q 765 791 708 814 Q 672 832 653 824 Q 634 817 652 794 Q 674 766 677 731 Q 678 712 682 537 L 682 497 Z", "M 493 331 Q 515 303 540 270 Q 550 257 565 255 Q 575 254 581 265 Q 588 278 584 306 Q 583 325 555 345 Q 491 382 476 379 Q 472 376 471 364 Q 472 354 493 331 Z" ] } 7 strokes 肘 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 163, 738 ], [ 195, 709 ], [ 203, 647 ], [ 199, 509 ], [ 182, 360 ], [ 165, 292 ], [ 133, 203 ], [ 79, 102 ], [ 51, 63 ] ], [ [ 226, 728 ], [ 236, 720 ], [ 250, 720 ], [ 329, 742 ], [ 356, 726 ], [ 366, 711 ], [ 366, 144 ], [ 347, 112 ], [ 250, 154 ] ], [ [ 229, 524 ], [ 235, 534 ], [ 253, 543 ], [ 305, 543 ] ], [ [ 212, 369 ], [ 217, 379 ], [ 240, 388 ], [ 275, 395 ], [ 305, 390 ] ], [ [ 426, 488 ], [ 481, 483 ], [ 594, 506 ], [ 830, 538 ], [ 884, 536 ], [ 931, 523 ] ], [ [ 659, 809 ], [ 677, 801 ], [ 710, 769 ], [ 706, 551 ], [ 716, 100 ], [ 697, 54 ], [ 583, 99 ], [ 581, 106 ], [ 570, 106 ] ], [ [ 479, 370 ], [ 543, 317 ], [ 566, 271 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 210 397 Q 216 419 223 519 L 225 551 Q 226 570 226 590 Q 229 683 232 696 Q 233 699 233 700 C 236 720 236 720 218 730 Q 205 740 185 746 Q 166 755 155 749 Q 145 742 152 729 Q 170 707 176 641 Q 176 425 150 318 Q 149 315 148 310 Q 115 193 48 73 Q 44 66 43 61 Q 42 51 51 54 Q 67 57 98 107 Q 167 197 204 365 L 210 397 Z", "M 233 700 L 303 719 Q 322 723 328 713 Q 335 694 338 663 Q 350 368 338 188 Q 337 163 329 151 Q 325 148 258 159 Q 239 165 241 155 Q 292 112 321 78 Q 334 60 349 56 Q 358 52 366 62 Q 403 111 402 160 Q 380 544 390 663 Q 393 688 401 703 Q 413 721 401 731 Q 380 749 346 763 Q 328 770 313 763 Q 285 747 268 742 Q 249 736 218 730 C 189 724 204 692 233 700 Z", "M 223 519 Q 266 529 302 534 Q 321 538 313 549 Q 303 562 280 564 Q 259 565 225 551 C 197 540 194 512 223 519 Z", "M 204 365 Q 261 374 301 380 Q 323 384 313 397 Q 303 410 278 413 Q 262 414 210 397 C 181 388 174 360 204 365 Z", "M 733 502 Q 796 509 878 509 Q 932 506 940 518 Q 944 528 929 542 Q 871 582 816 564 Q 780 558 733 547 L 682 537 Q 669 536 655 533 Q 552 517 428 498 Q 407 495 423 479 Q 436 466 454 461 Q 475 457 490 461 Q 590 491 682 497 L 733 502 Z", "M 682 497 Q 683 358 686 132 Q 686 108 674 99 Q 668 95 594 107 Q 560 119 563 108 Q 564 101 586 86 Q 653 35 670 6 Q 691 -28 707 -29 Q 722 -30 736 6 Q 754 54 750 130 Q 734 316 733 502 L 733 547 Q 733 695 749 760 Q 765 791 708 814 Q 672 832 653 824 Q 634 817 652 794 Q 674 766 677 731 Q 678 712 682 537 L 682 497 Z", "M 493 331 Q 515 303 540 270 Q 550 257 565 255 Q 575 254 581 265 Q 588 278 584 306 Q 583 325 555 345 Q 491 382 476 379 Q 472 376 471 364 Q 472 354 493 331 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical 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