Read Edit View history Discussion 荄 gāi roots Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas gāi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 荄 Simp strokes 荄 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts roots of a plant. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 荄 Simp strokes 荄 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 荄 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 200, 688 ], [ 252, 680 ], [ 461, 713 ], [ 731, 738 ], [ 787, 733 ], [ 821, 720 ] ], [ [ 339, 787 ], [ 378, 761 ], [ 407, 623 ] ], [ [ 612, 844 ], [ 627, 837 ], [ 645, 805 ], [ 587, 647 ] ], [ [ 440.9, 607.8 ], [ 543.5, 558.2 ], [ 570.5, 525.4000000000001 ] ], [ [ 170, 449.6 ], [ 222.2, 442.4 ], [ 464.3, 479.20000000000005 ], [ 771.2, 509.6 ], [ 799.1, 508 ], [ 857.6, 492.79999999999995 ] ], [ [ 424.7, 451.20000000000005 ], [ 452.6, 430.4 ], [ 451.7, 418.4 ], [ 417.5, 368 ], [ 352.7, 296 ], [ 329.29999999999995, 256.8 ], [ 350.9, 251.2 ], [ 464.3, 255.2 ], [ 489.5, 266.4 ] ], [ [ 586.7, 423.2 ], [ 604.7, 404.8 ], [ 612.8, 386.4 ], [ 610.1, 380.8 ], [ 570.5, 320 ], [ 484.1, 222.39999999999998 ], [ 410.3, 155.2 ], [ 350.9, 109.6 ], [ 239.3, 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679 796 Q 692 809 683 819 Q 673 835 640 852 Q 625 861 609 853 Q 599 849 606 837 Q 613 821 611 799 Q 607 775 601 744 L 591 706 Q 576 669 579 647 Q 580 634 595 644 Q 610 656 634 708 L 656 753 Z", "M 469 569 Q 502 546 540 519 Q 554 509 572 510 Q 584 511 588 524 Q 591 539 580 566 Q 571 586 535 598 Q 454 620 436 613 Q 431 609 434 597 Q 439 586 469 569 Z", "M 458 459 Q 458 460 459 460 Q 591 479 839 479 Q 863 479 868 487 Q 875 498 857 511 Q 800 548 760 539 Q 622 513 173 459 Q 150 457 166 441 Q 181 428 201 423 Q 223 418 240 422 Q 325 444 418 454 L 458 459 Z", "M 497 268 Q 436 271 372 271 Q 365 270 363 273 Q 362 276 367 284 Q 471 395 492 414 Q 504 422 499 432 Q 495 442 458 459 C 435 471 412 478 418 454 Q 418 451 419 446 Q 431 407 352 318 Q 328 292 280 268 Q 265 260 268 250 Q 272 235 293 218 Q 302 208 316 216 Q 356 235 475 244 C 502 246 524 266 497 268 Z", "M 475 244 Q 426 190 372 150 Q 314 105 173 20 Q 164 17 174 13 Q 230 13 371 101 Q 480 175 629 349 Q 643 364 652 370 Q 661 375 660 384 Q 659 394 648 405 Q 617 436 585 432 Q 576 431 577 420 Q 580 364 497 268 L 475 244 Z", "M 582 109 L 583 109 L 602 128 Q 637 164 684 219 Q 706 244 706 246 Q 702 269 665 283 Q 645 289 635 289 Q 627 288 628 277 Q 639 217 516 101 Q 510 98 506 93 Q 470 61 381 0 Q 373 -3 382 -6 Q 429 -6 537 70 Q 560 90 582 109 Z", "M 583 109 Q 649 61 730 -9 Q 746 -26 760 -28 Q 769 -29 776 -20 Q 787 -8 773 28 Q 754 81 602 128 C 577 136 562 124 583 109 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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.