Read Edit View history 虢 Guó name of ancient feudal State in Shenxi and Hunan Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hand (爫) and a hand holding a weapon (攴) fighting with a tiger (虎). The component 攴 was later reanalyzed as 寸 (hand). Based on the original meaning "to fight a tiger". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas guó × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 爫 is a component form of 爪. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 虢 Simp strokes 虢 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Originally 攴, which depicts a hand holding a weapon. Later reanalyzed as 寸 (hand). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 虢 Simp strokes 虢 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 虢 Simp strokes 虢 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 虢 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 397, 755 ], [ 333, 761 ], [ 264, 713 ], [ 152, 662 ] ], [ [ 100, 578 ], [ 154, 540 ], [ 170, 509 ] ], [ [ 220, 619 ], [ 253, 589 ], [ 268, 565 ] ], [ [ 376, 685 ], [ 401, 659 ], [ 328, 546 ], [ 317, 541 ], [ 318, 534 ] ], [ [ 47, 378 ], [ 109, 372 ], [ 364, 426 ], [ 416, 422 ] ], [ [ 266, 493 ], [ 296, 456 ], [ 291, 115 ], [ 271, 78 ], [ 243, 87 ], [ 183, 122 ] ], [ [ 108, 317 ], [ 173, 258 ], [ 186, 223 ] ], [ [ 581, 828 ], [ 620, 796 ], [ 621, 650 ], [ 617, 636 ], [ 605, 629 ] ], [ [ 648, 724 ], [ 729, 747 ], [ 761, 751 ], [ 795, 745 ] ], [ [ 515, 591 ], [ 544, 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422 Q 642 437 640 464 L 642 505 Q 643 529 648 554 Q 652 570 640 579 Q 633 586 624 590 C 599 606 577 609 586 580 Q 586 579 587 577 Q 597 550 598 489 L 598 453 Q 599 398 622 377 Q 685 337 781 367 Q 805 374 827 392 Q 840 402 831 418 Z", "M 598 293 Q 565 314 546 309 Q 534 305 540 292 Q 561 265 540 167 Q 539 164 538 161 Q 513 77 423 17 Q 413 10 423 7 Q 472 7 519 53 Q 579 102 594 189 Q 607 250 615 263 L 615 264 C 621 279 621 279 598 293 Z", "M 615 264 Q 627 265 639 271 Q 649 277 662 282 Q 678 286 684 280 Q 690 276 686 256 Q 664 85 714 23 Q 750 -34 863 -25 Q 915 -22 957 0 Q 979 13 967 37 Q 937 107 933 184 Q 929 191 924 193 Q 920 192 915 179 Q 900 65 876 45 Q 851 33 794 34 Q 770 35 758 47 Q 734 65 725 108 Q 709 181 737 239 Q 744 260 759 273 Q 790 295 718 324 Q 694 334 681 324 Q 657 309 598 293 C 569 285 586 256 615 264 Z" ] } 15 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 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