Read Edit View history 蕎 qiáo buckwheat Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A tall 喬 grass 艹; 喬 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 荞 × 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 蕎 Simp strokes 蕎 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蕎 Simp strokes 蕎 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蕎 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 356, 805 ], [ 393, 781 ], [ 416, 666 ] ], [ [ 196, 719 ], [ 232, 705 ], [ 263, 703 ], [ 475, 752 ] ], [ [ 602, 859 ], [ 615, 852 ], [ 632, 819 ], [ 575, 688 ] ], [ [ 570, 754 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