Read Edit View history Discussion 腰 yāo HSK4 waist Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 要 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas yāo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components 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 腰 Simp strokes 腰 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 腰 Simp strokes 腰 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 腰 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 157, 733 ], [ 186, 709 ], [ 198, 676 ], [ 201, 563 ], [ 187, 359 ], [ 170, 275 ], [ 145, 200 ], [ 111, 121 ], [ 51, 23 ] ], [ [ 222, 726 ], [ 233, 719 ], [ 248, 720 ], [ 297, 739 ], [ 315, 735 ], [ 337, 711 ], [ 342, 157 ], [ 334, 97 ], [ 320, 77 ], [ 291, 84 ], [ 218, 117 ] ], [ [ 232, 520 ], [ 249, 540 ], [ 286, 543 ] ], [ [ 218, 369 ], [ 225, 381 ], [ 243, 390 ], [ 289, 390 ] ], [ [ 481, 739 ], [ 507, 734 ], [ 565, 738 ], [ 665, 755 ], [ 752, 778 ], [ 812, 781 ] ], [ [ 413, 592 ], [ 436, 574 ], [ 447, 552 ], [ 484, 408 ] ], [ [ 458, 590 ], [ 482, 581 ], [ 746, 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544 700 606 L 705 636 Z", "M 594 431 Q 682 444 754 452 C 784 455 787 462 760 476 Q 754 480 744 483 Q 716 489 677 477 L 643 471 Q 615 467 587 460 L 556 455 Q 523 452 493 445 C 464 438 465 418 495 419 Q 505 419 519 420 Q 540 424 562 426 L 594 431 Z", "M 654 119 Q 712 86 794 23 Q 819 4 835 5 Q 854 6 855 25 Q 855 44 826 86 Q 813 113 683 158 L 637 175 Q 592 191 559 198 Q 540 202 549 221 Q 567 261 580 288 L 596 322 Q 609 361 625 379 Q 634 386 631 395 Q 625 408 594 431 C 570 450 553 455 562 426 Q 562 425 564 421 Q 573 399 566 377 Q 557 346 548 317 L 536 282 Q 520 245 504 219 Q 495 203 498 190 Q 501 181 517 178 Q 559 169 610 142 L 654 119 Z", "M 610 142 Q 543 85 411 48 Q 395 41 414 37 Q 558 25 654 119 L 683 158 Q 714 206 732 262 Q 739 290 748 304 C 762 331 763 333 746 343 Q 712 367 686 361 Q 676 358 680 344 Q 681 340 684 334 L 687 300 Q 686 279 676 252 Q 663 207 637 175 L 610 142 Z", "M 748 304 Q 941 304 949 311 Q 949 312 950 313 Q 954 323 941 335 Q 887 375 841 360 Q 799 354 746 343 L 684 334 Q 656 333 596 322 L 548 317 Q 475 310 395 300 Q 376 299 390 283 Q 403 270 419 265 Q 438 261 452 264 Q 492 274 536 282 L 580 288 Q 625 297 687 300 L 748 304 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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