Read Edit View history 艾 àiài HSK7 Chinese mugwort or wormwood Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 乂 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas ài ×yì ×aì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 艾 Simp strokes 艾 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 艾 Simp strokes 艾 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 艾 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 157, 606 ], [ 202, 598 ], [ 239, 600 ], [ 442, 630 ], [ 540, 636 ], [ 730, 661 ], [ 783, 658 ], [ 832, 641 ] ], [ [ 314, 744 ], [ 353, 722 ], [ 360, 712 ], [ 400, 514 ] ], [ [ 588, 833 ], [ 606, 823 ], [ 626, 798 ], [ 627, 782 ], [ 601, 689 ], [ 547, 536 ] ], [ [ 543, 490 ], [ 576, 441 ], [ 566, 360 ], [ 527, 246 ], [ 480, 168 ], [ 412, 109 ], [ 339, 71 ], [ 240, 39 ], [ 146, 25 ] ], [ [ 282, 406 ], [ 337, 379 ], [ 551, 148 ], [ 619, 88 ], [ 697, 32 ], [ 786, 10 ], [ 948, -8 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 604 624 Q 689 636 821 627 Q 837 626 843 635 Q 847 647 834 662 Q 786 705 698 684 Q 661 678 622 670 L 566 661 Q 487 651 401 639 L 353 633 Q 262 626 164 614 Q 133 611 155 595 Q 200 568 269 581 Q 315 593 360 599 L 405 607 Q 409 613 555 621 L 604 624 Z", "M 401 639 Q 397 685 394 721 Q 395 743 374 748 Q 332 769 307 760 Q 288 750 305 730 Q 341 685 353 633 L 360 599 Q 375 524 391 508 Q 404 498 410 510 Q 417 531 411 555 Q 407 583 405 607 L 401 639 Z", "M 555 621 Q 537 557 538 536 Q 539 520 556 534 Q 580 555 604 624 L 622 670 Q 652 748 668 779 Q 684 795 672 807 Q 659 825 620 843 Q 601 853 582 843 Q 572 836 580 824 Q 592 797 588 764 Q 581 719 566 661 L 555 621 Z", "M 537 201 Q 579 274 604 376 Q 611 410 621 430 Q 628 443 619 453 Q 598 478 574 491 Q 550 504 539 502 Q 529 498 530 485 Q 554 367 493 243 L 470 200 Q 395 92 157 34 Q 145 34 140 29 Q 133 25 143 19 Q 150 16 165 17 Q 282 21 367 58 Q 440 85 505 157 L 537 201 Z", "M 505 157 Q 569 78 655 -1 Q 677 -26 713 -27 Q 822 -33 911 -23 Q 957 -19 954 -6 Q 953 1 907 16 Q 690 70 572 171 Q 554 187 537 201 L 493 243 Q 438 298 381 364 Q 341 410 300 413 Q 281 414 276 409 Q 273 402 291 388 Q 354 346 470 200 L 505 157 Z" ] } 5 strokes 艾 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 157, 606 ], [ 202, 598 ], [ 239, 600 ], [ 442, 630 ], [ 540, 636 ], [ 730, 661 ], [ 783, 658 ], [ 832, 641 ] ], [ [ 314, 744 ], [ 353, 722 ], [ 360, 712 ], [ 400, 514 ] ], [ [ 588, 833 ], [ 606, 823 ], [ 626, 798 ], [ 627, 782 ], [ 601, 689 ], [ 547, 536 ] ], [ [ 543, 490 ], [ 576, 441 ], [ 566, 360 ], [ 527, 246 ], [ 480, 168 ], [ 412, 109 ], [ 339, 71 ], [ 240, 39 ], [ 146, 25 ] ], [ [ 282, 406 ], [ 337, 379 ], [ 551, 148 ], [ 619, 88 ], [ 697, 32 ], [ 786, 10 ], [ 948, -8 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 604 624 Q 689 636 821 627 Q 837 626 843 635 Q 847 647 834 662 Q 786 705 698 684 Q 661 678 622 670 L 566 661 Q 487 651 401 639 L 353 633 Q 262 626 164 614 Q 133 611 155 595 Q 200 568 269 581 Q 315 593 360 599 L 405 607 Q 409 613 555 621 L 604 624 Z", "M 401 639 Q 397 685 394 721 Q 395 743 374 748 Q 332 769 307 760 Q 288 750 305 730 Q 341 685 353 633 L 360 599 Q 375 524 391 508 Q 404 498 410 510 Q 417 531 411 555 Q 407 583 405 607 L 401 639 Z", "M 555 621 Q 537 557 538 536 Q 539 520 556 534 Q 580 555 604 624 L 622 670 Q 652 748 668 779 Q 684 795 672 807 Q 659 825 620 843 Q 601 853 582 843 Q 572 836 580 824 Q 592 797 588 764 Q 581 719 566 661 L 555 621 Z", "M 537 201 Q 579 274 604 376 Q 611 410 621 430 Q 628 443 619 453 Q 598 478 574 491 Q 550 504 539 502 Q 529 498 530 485 Q 554 367 493 243 L 470 200 Q 395 92 157 34 Q 145 34 140 29 Q 133 25 143 19 Q 150 16 165 17 Q 282 21 367 58 Q 440 85 505 157 L 537 201 Z", "M 505 157 Q 569 78 655 -1 Q 677 -26 713 -27 Q 822 -33 911 -23 Q 957 -19 954 -6 Q 953 1 907 16 Q 690 70 572 171 Q 554 187 537 201 L 493 243 Q 438 298 381 364 Q 341 410 300 413 Q 281 414 276 409 Q 273 402 291 388 Q 354 346 470 200 L 505 157 Z" ] } 5 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 Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.