Read Edit View history 莖 jīng HSK7 stem Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巠 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jīng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 茎 × 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 莖 Simp strokes 莖 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 莖 Simp strokes 莖 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 莖 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 342, 781 ], [ 364, 771 ], [ 384, 752 ], [ 420, 608 ] ], [ [ 184, 665 ], [ 222, 649 ], [ 256, 647 ], [ 507, 700 ] ], [ [ 626, 840 ], [ 641, 829 ], [ 657, 798 ], [ 612, 684 ], [ 575, 614 ] ], [ [ 587, 711 ], [ 632, 704 ], [ 795, 722 ], [ 819, 720 ], [ 853, 707 ] ], [ [ 346, 540 ], [ 368, 533 ], [ 421, 534 ], [ 661, 577 ], [ 697, 576 ] ], [ [ 299, 489 ], [ 320, 474 ], [ 331, 451 ], [ 272, 328 ], [ 348, 273 ], [ 357, 263 ], [ 360, 245 ] ], [ [ 459, 500 ], [ 474, 492 ], [ 492, 460 ], [ 452, 381 ], [ 450, 363 ], [ 460, 348 ], [ 519, 305 ], [ 525, 280 ] ], [ [ 650, 529 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684 255 673 Q 212 674 189 671 Q 179 672 176 668 Q 175 661 181 651 Q 194 636 221 625 Q 237 616 255 621 Q 318 637 386 655 L 426 666 Z", "M 658 726 Q 664 748 692 783 Q 708 796 698 808 Q 688 826 655 846 Q 639 856 621 850 Q 611 844 617 833 Q 627 803 599 718 L 592 697 Q 565 625 566 614 Q 567 601 582 608 Q 588 612 635 685 L 658 726 Z", "M 635 685 Q 650 684 669 687 Q 759 706 845 694 Q 858 693 863 701 Q 867 711 856 723 Q 814 759 738 740 Q 702 734 658 726 L 599 718 Q 595 719 592 718 Q 567 715 585 702 Q 589 701 592 697 C 608 686 608 686 635 685 Z", "M 354 549 Q 320 545 343 529 Q 379 505 432 515 Q 538 531 648 550 Q 697 560 706 566 Q 713 573 710 581 Q 704 593 678 600 Q 656 606 544 576 Q 441 555 354 549 Z", "M 300 447 Q 291 384 261 346 Q 254 337 253 329 Q 253 319 275 303 Q 302 282 340 241 Q 352 223 362 226 Q 375 227 381 244 Q 387 266 380 280 Q 371 298 300 322 Q 285 328 291 344 Q 295 354 321 389 Q 346 423 357 431 Q 367 435 368 443 Q 371 458 349 477 Q 330 496 313 498 Q 297 499 291 493 Q 290 489 294 481 Q 304 469 300 447 Z", "M 461 458 Q 457 416 437 381 Q 419 369 458 330 Q 476 312 503 280 Q 515 261 525 263 Q 538 264 545 280 Q 552 302 546 316 Q 537 335 474 359 Q 462 365 466 378 Q 484 411 519 444 Q 528 448 529 456 Q 532 471 509 489 Q 490 507 473 509 Q 457 510 451 504 Q 450 500 454 492 Q 464 480 461 458 Z", "M 628 465 Q 618 435 597 407 Q 588 397 592 384 Q 593 374 610 363 Q 664 326 710 284 Q 726 268 740 269 Q 752 272 753 293 Q 754 315 741 330 Q 729 351 654 372 Q 638 376 630 387 Q 624 394 635 407 Q 645 414 662 430 Q 681 452 696 462 Q 711 469 705 487 Q 692 521 670 535 Q 657 544 646 541 Q 636 540 640 522 Q 646 498 628 465 Z", "M 510 173 Q 571 185 635 194 Q 686 204 694 210 Q 701 217 698 225 Q 692 237 666 244 Q 645 250 531 220 Q 429 199 338 193 Q 304 189 327 173 Q 363 149 466 167 L 510 173 Z", "M 519 40 Q 534 148 533 151 L 532 152 Q 522 165 510 173 C 486 190 464 197 466 167 Q 467 158 470 37 C 471 7 515 10 519 40 Z", "M 470 37 Q 364 31 284 23 Q 187 13 115 17 Q 102 17 100 6 Q 99 -7 117 -22 Q 154 -52 203 -42 Q 333 -6 649 7 Q 755 11 896 -11 Q 920 -15 926 -7 Q 933 6 923 19 Q 895 47 851 69 Q 838 76 811 68 Q 768 58 710 53 Q 607 47 519 40 L 470 37 Z" ] } 11 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.