Read Edit View history Discussion 菖 chāng iris Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas chāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint grass Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 菖 Simp strokes 菖 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 菖 Simp strokes 菖 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 菖 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 188, 675 ], [ 276, 665 ], [ 738, 714 ], [ 839, 694 ] ], [ [ 334, 784 ], [ 386, 756 ], [ 413, 600 ] ], [ [ 604, 845 ], [ 645, 810 ], [ 580, 607 ] ], [ [ 304, 556 ], [ 337, 528 ], [ 381, 321 ] ], [ [ 357, 533 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789 756 690 737 Q 671 734 650 730 L 597 723 Q 515 713 422 701 L 374 697 Q 292 690 200 682 Q 170 679 191 663 Q 234 635 291 643 Q 337 655 382 661 L 425 667 Q 452 676 587 679 L 631 680 Z", "M 422 701 Q 419 734 419 760 Q 420 779 400 785 Q 363 806 339 797 Q 320 788 336 769 Q 363 739 374 697 L 382 661 Q 391 616 407 600 Q 420 590 425 601 Q 432 620 427 643 Q 426 656 425 667 L 422 701 Z", "M 650 730 Q 656 755 678 795 Q 691 810 681 819 Q 669 835 635 851 Q 619 860 602 850 Q 592 844 601 834 Q 613 804 597 723 L 587 679 Q 572 625 574 607 Q 575 594 591 605 Q 600 612 631 680 L 650 730 Z", "M 358 548 Q 348 555 313 560 Q 303 563 299 558 Q 293 552 301 537 Q 331 476 348 377 Q 351 346 369 327 Q 385 306 390 321 Q 393 331 394 344 L 392 370 Q 385 415 381 430 L 377 454 Q 370 496 367 515 C 362 545 362 546 358 548 Z", "M 591 362 Q 606 337 620 329 Q 630 322 646 341 Q 659 360 692 470 Q 702 500 725 523 Q 738 535 728 549 Q 713 565 672 593 Q 657 602 582 586 Q 573 586 566 584 Q 374 553 358 548 C 329 542 338 506 367 515 Q 419 533 594 555 Q 625 559 634 548 Q 644 535 642 522 Q 615 398 599 390 C 585 371 585 371 591 362 Z", "M 381 430 Q 385 429 398 430 Q 491 443 558 450 Q 580 453 573 465 Q 563 478 539 484 Q 517 488 478 479 Q 424 466 377 454 C 348 447 351 432 381 430 Z", "M 394 344 Q 398 344 403 344 Q 511 357 591 362 C 621 364 626 377 599 390 Q 592 394 582 397 Q 567 400 392 370 C 362 365 364 344 394 344 Z", "M 289 272 Q 264 288 238 294 Q 231 297 226 291 Q 219 285 228 274 Q 265 214 276 75 Q 277 12 315 -14 Q 316 -15 319 -17 Q 337 -21 338 9 Q 338 10 338 12 L 335 47 Q 323 110 322 121 L 318 150 Q 312 193 311 229 C 310 259 310 259 289 272 Z", "M 646 28 Q 653 3 673 -46 Q 680 -65 691 -64 Q 707 -63 719 -37 Q 741 0 774 160 Q 774 208 807 247 Q 826 266 814 281 Q 792 305 744 328 Q 725 340 690 329 Q 602 302 502 287 Q 415 277 289 272 C 259 271 281 226 311 229 Q 320 229 328 230 Q 458 252 663 278 Q 699 284 714 266 Q 730 220 692 65 Q 689 50 683 49 Q 680 48 676 49 C 655 28 644 35 646 28 Z", "M 322 121 Q 332 121 347 122 Q 492 140 600 149 Q 624 150 616 164 Q 607 180 582 186 Q 563 189 318 150 C 288 145 292 120 322 121 Z", "M 338 12 Q 348 11 361 11 Q 452 26 646 28 C 676 28 695 29 676 49 Q 669 58 652 71 Q 636 81 603 76 Q 453 52 335 47 C 305 46 308 14 338 12 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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