Read Edit View history Discussion 脊 jǐ HSK7 spine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally was a pictograph of a fish spine. Later changed into a phonosemantic compound with ⺼ representing the meaning and 朿 representing the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jí × 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 脊 Simp strokes 脊 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 脊 Simp strokes 脊 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 脊 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 240, 736 ], [ 320, 710 ], [ 339, 699 ], [ 358, 677 ] ], [ [ 204, 554 ], [ 250, 547 ], [ 376, 618 ] ], [ [ 696, 796 ], [ 704, 762 ], [ 586, 696 ] ], [ [ 604, 661 ], [ 705, 617 ], [ 727, 599 ], [ 739, 579 ] ], [ [ 467, 821 ], [ 491, 798 ], [ 503, 774 ], [ 448, 596 ], [ 387, 479 ], [ 337, 413 ], [ 258, 345 ], [ 152, 288 ], [ 97, 271 ] ], [ [ 501, 645 ], [ 501, 631 ], [ 604, 524 ], [ 717, 417 ], [ 769, 377 ], [ 814, 361 ], [ 971, 344 ] ], [ [ 356, 375 ], [ 359, 234 ], [ 323, -19 ] ], [ [ 380, 369 ], [ 400, 362 ], [ 463, 380 ], [ 574, 398 ], [ 604, 392 ], [ 627, 370 ], [ 624, 313 ], [ 637, 87 ], [ 632, 14 ], [ 610, -24 ], [ 526, 7 ] ], [ [ 386, 245 ], [ 418, 260 ], [ 467, 269 ], [ 512, 273 ], [ 535, 266 ] ], [ [ 378, 140 ], [ 411, 156 ], [ 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342 133 372 133 Z" ] } 10 strokes 脊 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 240, 736 ], [ 320, 710 ], [ 339, 699 ], [ 358, 677 ] ], [ [ 204, 554 ], [ 250, 547 ], [ 376, 618 ] ], [ [ 696, 796 ], [ 704, 762 ], [ 586, 696 ] ], [ [ 604, 661 ], [ 705, 617 ], [ 727, 599 ], [ 739, 579 ] ], [ [ 467, 821 ], [ 491, 798 ], [ 503, 774 ], [ 448, 596 ], [ 387, 479 ], [ 337, 413 ], [ 258, 345 ], [ 152, 288 ], [ 97, 271 ] ], [ [ 501, 645 ], [ 501, 631 ], [ 604, 524 ], [ 717, 417 ], [ 769, 377 ], [ 814, 361 ], [ 971, 344 ] ], [ [ 356, 375 ], [ 359, 234 ], [ 323, -19 ] ], [ [ 380, 369 ], [ 400, 362 ], [ 463, 380 ], [ 574, 398 ], [ 604, 392 ], [ 627, 370 ], [ 624, 313 ], [ 637, 87 ], [ 632, 14 ], [ 610, -24 ], [ 526, 7 ] ], [ [ 386, 245 ], [ 418, 260 ], [ 467, 269 ], [ 512, 273 ], [ 535, 266 ] ], [ [ 378, 140 ], [ 411, 156 ], [ 479, 167 ], [ 523, 170 ], [ 546, 163 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 263 710 Q 300 691 339 668 Q 352 661 364 663 Q 371 664 373 676 Q 374 688 363 709 Q 354 728 321 737 Q 246 750 235 743 Q 232 739 235 729 Q 239 722 263 710 Z", "M 201 569 Q 191 566 189 557 Q 188 545 197 539 Q 218 527 248 514 Q 258 513 267 520 Q 279 533 356 589 Q 366 596 374 604 Q 384 611 384 620 Q 380 624 369 621 Q 233 570 201 569 Z", "M 670 771 Q 639 743 582 703 Q 575 699 579 691 Q 585 688 593 690 Q 684 724 729 736 Q 745 736 744 746 Q 743 762 730 782 Q 718 801 699 809 Q 686 812 683 795 Q 682 782 670 771 Z", "M 606 647 Q 655 619 714 578 Q 730 565 742 565 Q 749 566 752 574 Q 759 587 742 617 Q 726 653 602 670 Q 595 671 595 663 Q 596 653 606 647 Z", "M 351 389 Q 447 501 480 607 Q 484 619 488 629 L 497 653 Q 521 725 545 762 Q 558 781 542 793 Q 497 841 466 835 Q 450 832 455 814 Q 482 735 398 550 Q 392 540 386 527 Q 299 377 133 298 Q 114 288 95 278 Q 79 269 92 265 Q 108 262 148 271 Q 220 290 277 331 Q 302 347 323 363 L 351 389 Z", "M 488 629 Q 602 490 746 343 Q 768 319 805 322 Q 929 329 967 336 Q 979 339 980 345 Q 980 352 962 358 Q 782 404 729 448 Q 623 532 497 653 C 475 674 469 652 488 629 Z", "M 374 162 Q 375 205 380 238 L 382 266 Q 386 321 389 341 Q 389 345 389 349 C 390 366 390 366 377 375 Q 374 381 351 389 C 323 400 314 392 323 363 Q 357 258 312 94 Q 290 42 293 28 Q 294 -2 311 -22 Q 318 -35 328 -30 Q 370 -3 371 126 Q 371 130 372 133 L 374 162 Z", "M 389 349 Q 557 382 579 373 Q 592 367 592 338 Q 608 172 601 43 Q 600 16 585 11 Q 576 8 530 14 Q 517 17 518 8 Q 519 1 535 -9 Q 566 -37 590 -67 Q 603 -82 617 -81 Q 633 -77 653 -30 Q 677 18 672 65 Q 662 180 653 287 Q 649 329 666 362 Q 678 378 664 392 Q 646 408 607 422 Q 589 431 542 411 Q 391 378 377 375 C 348 369 360 343 389 349 Z", "M 380 238 Q 384 238 391 238 Q 470 250 530 256 Q 554 260 545 272 Q 535 287 509 292 Q 482 298 382 266 C 353 257 350 238 380 238 Z", "M 372 133 Q 376 133 383 133 Q 474 146 541 152 Q 565 155 557 168 Q 547 183 521 189 Q 491 195 374 162 C 345 154 342 133 372 133 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical 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