Read Edit View history 莿 cì thorn Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A plant 艹 that pricks 刺; 刺 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas cì × 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 莿 Simp strokes 莿 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 莿 Simp strokes 莿 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 莿 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 349, 818 ], [ 385, 798 ], [ 391, 788 ], [ 429, 626 ] ], [ [ 172, 709 ], [ 210, 693 ], [ 244, 692 ], [ 487, 744 ] ], [ [ 625, 859 ], [ 642, 852 ], [ 663, 823 ], [ 637, 704 ], 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377 L 349 385 Z", "M 303 223 Q 303 126 283 57 Q 274 18 296 -32 Q 300 -48 308 -51 Q 314 -57 320 -50 Q 327 -46 336 -27 Q 345 -5 344 22 Q 343 59 349 385 L 350 410 Q 350 450 352 479 L 357 522 Q 360 544 366 562 Q 373 575 372 587 Q 365 596 317 626 Q 296 641 278 627 Q 274 623 279 609 Q 304 569 306 509 L 307 470 Q 307 437 307 401 L 307 377 Q 306 343 304 306 L 303 223 Z", "M 304 306 Q 237 194 66 46 Q 59 37 69 34 Q 90 30 198 113 Q 250 155 303 223 C 322 247 320 332 304 306 Z", "M 413 132 Q 432 107 454 76 Q 464 61 480 59 Q 490 58 497 69 Q 504 82 501 112 Q 500 131 473 149 Q 415 186 396 183 Q 392 180 390 168 Q 391 156 413 132 Z", "M 584 455 Q 612 386 592 226 Q 586 193 612 162 Q 622 152 630 162 Q 646 189 647 269 Q 647 395 652 427 Q 658 448 639 459 Q 599 481 588 475 Q 581 468 584 455 Z", "M 748 535 Q 752 507 751 70 Q 751 51 741 44 Q 737 41 666 54 Q 632 67 635 56 Q 636 49 657 33 Q 721 -19 738 -49 Q 756 -83 772 -86 Q 788 -87 803 -50 Q 821 -4 819 74 Q 785 438 821 563 Q 837 594 780 617 Q 746 636 725 629 Q 706 622 723 598 Q 745 570 748 535 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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