Read Edit View history 苹 píng HSK3 apple Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 平 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘋. Pinyin Separate values with commas píng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 苹 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 蘋 ×苹 × 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 苹 Simp strokes 苹 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 苹 Simp strokes 苹 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 苹 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 204, 693 ], [ 274, 686 ], [ 709, 744 ], [ 776, 743 ], [ 823, 728 ] ], [ [ 353, 798 ], [ 394, 772 ], [ 428, 620 ] ], [ [ 632, 858 ], [ 642, 853 ], [ 664, 819 ], [ 624, 710 ], [ 584, 623 ] ], [ [ 347, 551 ], [ 369, 544 ], [ 431, 544 ], [ 635, 580 ], [ 679, 579 ] ], [ [ 284, 449 ], [ 357, 396 ], [ 382, 354 ] ], [ [ 713, 523 ], [ 727, 488 ], [ 596, 389 ] ], [ [ 127, 250 ], [ 182, 240 ], [ 445, 279 ], [ 801, 314 ], [ 844, 312 ], [ 907, 293 ] ], [ [ 460, 522 ], [ 500, 497 ], [ 508, 476 ], [ 503, -64 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 649 713 Q 667 722 802 716 Q 826 716 831 722 Q 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