Read Edit View history 茈 cízǐ a plant yielding a red dye Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas cí ×zǐ ×cǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint plant Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 茈 Simp strokes 茈 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 茈 Simp strokes 茈 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 茈 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 175, 664 ], [ 272, 656 ], [ 736, 712 ], [ 843, 692 ] ], [ [ 321, 783 ], [ 377, 750 ], [ 406, 586 ] ], [ [ 586, 842 ], [ 628, 798 ], [ 557, 592 ] ], [ [ 294, 504 ], [ 352, 458 ], [ 337, 134 ] 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