Read Edit View history Discussion 茗 míng tea Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 名 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas míng × 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 茗 Simp strokes 茗 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 茗 Simp strokes 茗 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 茗 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 212, 678 ], [ 275, 668 ], [ 722, 711 ], [ 854, 699 ] ], [ [ 324, 785 ], [ 379, 753 ], [ 411, 599 ] ], [ [ 619, 827 ], [ 658, 776 ], [ 578, 583 ] ], [ [ 449, 601 ], [ 475, 573 ], [ 357, 436 ], [ 215, 329 ] ], [ [ 440, 477 ], [ 615, 510 ], [ 664, 478 ], [ 388, 219 ], [ 97, 47 ] ], [ [ 355, 397 ], [ 408, 356 ], [ 424, 308 ] ], [ [ 343, 226 ], [ 385, 163 ], [ 418, -31 ] ], [ [ 385, 210 ], [ 425, 195 ], [ 665, 246 ], [ 701, 236 ], [ 734, 198 ], [ 675, 80 ] ], [ [ 437, 45 ], [ 741, 52 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M644,678C703,680 766,684 835,674C845,673 853,675 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336 Q 192 321 219 325 Q 270 331 347 397 L 361 409 Q 398 442 430 474 L 449 496 Z", "M 415 210 Q 445 237 480 263 Q 562 336 649 426 Q 671 453 709 477 Q 725 487 721 497 Q 720 507 660 537 Q 644 549 590 524 Q 515 505 449 496 C 419 492 401 481 430 474 Q 454 458 552 477 Q 589 486 597 478 Q 598 472 589 458 Q 517 355 363 228 L 337 209 Q 243 140 96 53 Q 80 43 94 40 Q 139 34 307 135 Q 313 139 353 165 L 415 210 Z", "M 347 397 L 401 319 Q 410 306 422 304 Q 431 303 437 313 Q 444 323 441 349 Q 440 365 418 381 Q 385 402 361 409 C 333 418 333 418 347 397 Z", "M 363 228 Q 359 229 355 230 Q 342 234 337 228 Q 330 222 337 209 L 353 165 Q 372 110 383 31 Q 384 0 403 -23 Q 422 -48 428 -30 Q 434 -14 433 12 L 429 48 Q 417 138 414 174 L 363 228 Z", "M 715 78 Q 746 166 778 187 Q 797 208 781 227 Q 696 293 645 263 Q 551 230 415 210 C 379 205 374 168 414 174 Q 427 175 440 179 Q 542 198 638 217 Q 663 223 673 213 Q 683 203 680 185 Q 670 127 657 80 C 649 51 705 50 715 78 Z", "M 433 12 Q 527 27 733 36 Q 745 37 746 46 Q 747 55 716 78 L 715 78 L 657 80 Q 530 58 429 48 C 399 45 403 7 433 12 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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