Read Edit View history Discussion 胃 wèi HSK5 stomach Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint The top component is a pictograph of the stomach. The bottom component ⺼ (flesh) is a common component in body parts. Pinyin Separate values with commas wèi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts the stomach. Modern form looks like unrelated 田. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 胃 Simp strokes 胃 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint ⺼ is a component form of 肉. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 胃 Simp strokes 胃 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 胃 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 227, 793 ], [ 259, 768 ], [ 280, 727 ], [ 306, 579 ], [ 330, 505 ] ], [ [ 281, 787 ], [ 313, 773 ], [ 450, 792 ], [ 677, 809 ], [ 717, 806 ], [ 748, 794 ], [ 772, 759 ], [ 707, 556 ], [ 709, 531 ] ], [ [ 394, 669 ], [ 471, 662 ], [ 604, 685 ], [ 649, 682 ] ], [ [ 490, 771 ], [ 511, 755 ], [ 517, 742 ], [ 514, 592 ], [ 499, 571 ] ], [ [ 350, 538 ], [ 360, 530 ], [ 388, 532 ], [ 649, 562 ], [ 676, 576 ] ], [ [ 329, 452 ], [ 351, 433 ], [ 363, 408 ], [ 363, 327 ], [ 350, 209 ], [ 332, 112 ], [ 316, 60 ], [ 310, 5 ] ], [ [ 394, 430 ], [ 428, 425 ], [ 619, 460 ], [ 646, 457 ], [ 678, 430 ], [ 674, 374 ], [ 689, 133 ], [ 685, 38 ], [ 656, -10 ], [ 625, 0 ], [ 549, 50 ] ], [ [ 386, 297 ], [ 476, 321 ], [ 537, 329 ], [ 567, 322 ] ], [ [ 374, 179 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175 368 173 Z" ] } 9 strokes 胃 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 227, 793 ], [ 259, 768 ], [ 280, 727 ], [ 306, 579 ], [ 330, 505 ] ], [ [ 281, 787 ], [ 313, 773 ], [ 450, 792 ], [ 677, 809 ], [ 717, 806 ], [ 748, 794 ], [ 772, 759 ], [ 707, 556 ], [ 709, 531 ] ], [ [ 394, 669 ], [ 471, 662 ], [ 604, 685 ], [ 649, 682 ] ], [ [ 490, 771 ], [ 511, 755 ], [ 517, 742 ], [ 514, 592 ], [ 499, 571 ] ], [ [ 350, 538 ], [ 360, 530 ], [ 388, 532 ], [ 649, 562 ], [ 676, 576 ] ], [ [ 329, 452 ], [ 351, 433 ], [ 363, 408 ], [ 363, 327 ], [ 350, 209 ], [ 332, 112 ], [ 316, 60 ], [ 310, 5 ] ], [ [ 394, 430 ], [ 428, 425 ], [ 619, 460 ], [ 646, 457 ], [ 678, 430 ], [ 674, 374 ], [ 689, 133 ], [ 685, 38 ], [ 656, -10 ], [ 625, 0 ], [ 549, 50 ] ], [ [ 386, 297 ], [ 476, 321 ], [ 537, 329 ], [ 567, 322 ] ], [ [ 374, 179 ], [ 386, 190 ], [ 522, 209 ], [ 548, 210 ], [ 570, 203 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 274 789 Q 253 801 231 805 Q 224 806 219 801 Q 212 794 221 784 Q 261 727 279 581 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345 516 Z", "M 371 199 Q 375 253 380 291 L 382 315 Q 388 381 393 408 C 396 427 396 427 387 436 Q 366 463 328 463 Q 315 459 319 447 Q 367 330 304 126 Q 277 71 281 55 Q 282 25 298 3 Q 305 -12 316 -6 Q 353 15 366 143 Q 367 159 368 173 L 371 199 Z", "M 393 408 Q 405 409 417 412 Q 600 446 628 433 Q 641 427 644 398 Q 660 211 652 63 Q 651 33 633 27 Q 620 26 554 56 Q 542 60 542 53 Q 542 44 556 33 Q 598 -6 628 -46 Q 646 -65 665 -65 Q 683 -61 704 -9 Q 731 43 725 96 Q 715 223 704 339 Q 700 385 718 422 Q 730 438 716 453 Q 697 469 658 484 Q 640 493 582 471 Q 458 447 387 436 C 357 431 363 403 393 408 Z", "M 380 291 Q 389 288 403 290 Q 494 303 562 312 Q 586 316 577 328 Q 567 343 541 348 Q 514 352 382 315 C 353 307 351 297 380 291 Z", "M 368 173 Q 378 172 390 173 Q 490 186 565 192 Q 589 195 581 208 Q 571 224 546 229 Q 519 233 371 199 C 342 192 338 175 368 173 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation 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