Read Edit View history 蕉 jiāo HSK3 banana Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 焦 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiāo × 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 蕉 Simp strokes 蕉 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蕉 Simp strokes 蕉 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蕉 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 209, 694 ], [ 280, 686 ], [ 538, 723 ], [ 742, 743 ], [ 799, 741 ], [ 844, 725 ] ], [ [ 375, 808 ], [ 414, 783 ], [ 444, 638 ] ], [ [ 634, 858 ], [ 650, 849 ], [ 667, 818 ], [ 628, 708 ], [ 599, 647 ] ], [ [ 430, 599 ], [ 399, 590 ], [ 341, 503 ], [ 256, 411 ], [ 193, 358 ], [ 142, 327 ] ], [ [ 333, 450 ], [ 343, 402 ], [ 342, 289 ], [ 333, 211 ], [ 339, 157 ] ], [ [ 525, 640 ], [ 576, 607 ], [ 593, 584 ] ], [ [ 433, 519 ], [ 491, 513 ], [ 700, 559 ], [ 740, 557 ] ], [ [ 444, 399 ], [ 475, 399 ], [ 634, 434 ], [ 674, 437 ], [ 695, 431 ] ], [ [ 436, 307 ], [ 467, 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