Read Edit View history 荼 tú bitter vegetable Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas tú ×chá ×yé × 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 荼 Simp strokes 荼 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 荼 Simp strokes 荼 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 荼 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 206, 662 ], [ 283, 654 ], [ 693, 704 ], [ 759, 701 ], [ 804, 685 ] ], [ [ 340, 771 ], [ 362, 760 ], [ 382, 740 ], [ 408, 592 ] ], [ [ 612, 823 ], [ 626, 816 ], [ 645, 785 ], [ 614, 684 ], [ 579, 599 ] ], [ [ 478, 622 ], [ 497, 581 ], [ 440, 505 ], [ 384, 448 ], [ 304, 380 ], [ 254, 346 ], [ 176, 302 ], [ 101, 272 ] ], [ [ 523, 549 ], [ 536, 545 ], [ 718, 400 ], [ 783, 360 ], [ 865, 344 ], [ 983, 336 ] ], [ [ 377, 378 ], [ 433, 372 ], [ 570, 400 ], [ 617, 399 ] ], [ [ 300, 255 ], [ 337, 243 ], [ 632, 284 ], [ 678, 284 ], [ 709, 276 ] ], [ [ 491, 354 ], [ 518, 331 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357 191 Q 348 191 342 184 Z", "M 634 165 Q 686 122 748 57 Q 764 38 781 33 Q 790 32 797 43 Q 809 56 795 101 Q 776 155 634 197 Q 625 201 623 189 Q 623 176 634 165 Z" ] } 10 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.