Read Edit View history Discussion 葭 jiā bulrush Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas jiā ×xiá × 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 葭 Simp strokes 葭 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 葭 Simp strokes 葭 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 葭 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 168, 665 ], [ 724, 712 ], [ 847, 698 ] ], [ [ 324, 781 ], [ 378, 751 ], [ 405, 598 ] ], [ [ 590, 836 ], [ 630, 790 ], [ 565, 607 ] ], [ [ 265, 504 ], [ 387, 531 ], [ 417, 515 ], [ 429, 499 ], [ 399, 406 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573,689 569,675Q554,624 555,607Q556,594 572,604Q582,614 615,677C630,710 630,710 637,727Z", "M421,403Q440,467 460,487Q482,512 459,526Q396,559 394,559Q384,559 376,553Q352,537 258,509C249,505 262,478 271,482Q280,485 357,504Q379,508 385,500Q391,496 384,467Q378,440 371,409C368,393 418,387 421,403Z", "M262,350Q263,350 266,349Q276,348 288,351Q333,363 430,375Q440,376 441,385Q441,392 421,403C407,412 387,415 371,409Q370,409 368,408Q310,389 263,379C254,377 253,352 262,350Z", "M260,160Q260,206 261,251C262,266 262,266 262,274Q262,317 262,350C263,369 263,369 263,379Q264,455 271,482C273,492 265,502 258,509Q236,528 207,536Q197,539 191,530Q188,524 196,513Q217,461 218,405Q224,186 191,73Q184,48 188,27Q197,-7 208,-20Q220,-33 230,-19Q260,11 260,135C260,152 260,152 260,160Z", "M261,251Q291,242 394,264Q410,267 412,269Q419,276 415,283Q408,292 385,297Q373,300 304,282Q283,278 262,274C254,273 253,253 261,251Z", "M260,135Q291,128 383,142Q390,145 401,146Q417,150 419,152Q426,159 423,166Q416,176 391,182Q378,185 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715 448 C 693 461 692 461 663 453 Z", "M 648 134 Q 682 185 715 263 Q 728 290 748 307 Q 767 322 755 335 Q 742 348 712 359 Q 690 368 663 355 Q 635 345 597 335 Q 558 325 495 320 Q 482 320 478 313 Q 474 306 491 299 Q 525 286 571 298 Q 632 317 645 316 Q 667 312 658 287 Q 643 218 611 166 L 586 134 Q 526 71 416 40 Q 403 36 414 27 Q 420 23 458 25 Q 534 32 616 98 L 648 134 Z", "M 616 98 Q 659 50 730 -11 Q 755 -29 830 -16 Q 897 -3 910 2 Q 917 9 906 16 Q 893 23 781 57 Q 729 72 648 134 L 611 166 Q 577 199 539 240 Q 520 259 491 264 Q 481 265 472 259 Q 468 252 476 246 Q 512 225 586 134 L 616 98 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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