Read Edit View history 蜘 zhī spider Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 知 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 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 蜘 Simp strokes 蜘 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蜘 Simp strokes 蜘 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蜘 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 78, 493 ], [ 112, 458 ], [ 143, 298 ] ], [ [ 125, 483 ], [ 283, 523 ], [ 328, 516 ], [ 345, 498 ], [ 309, 387 ] ], [ [ 150, 332 ], [ 354, 374 ] ], [ [ 174, 719 ], [ 228, 670 ], [ 213, 201 ] ], [ [ 51, 151 ], [ 110, 135 ], [ 312, 227 ] ], [ [ 292, 277 ], [ 353, 177 ] ], [ [ 470, 758 ], [ 515, 725 ], [ 508, 681 ], [ 466, 559 ], [ 392, 448 ] ], [ [ 446, 491 ], [ 672, 532 ] ], [ 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500 387 452 Q 381 436 396 443 Q 415 452 442 486 L 457 505 Z", "M 523 475 Q 532 478 544 482 Q 670 519 674 525 Q 681 534 676 541 Q 669 551 639 556 Q 609 557 582 543 Q 557 533 527 522 Q 496 512 457 505 C 428 500 414 497 442 486 Q 452 482 480 473 C 499 467 499 467 523 475 Z", "M 537 323 Q 651 357 657 362 Q 664 369 660 377 Q 653 387 625 393 Q 598 396 544 372 L 492 353 Q 485 352 479 349 Q 425 333 362 323 Q 329 316 354 301 Q 394 282 444 298 Q 465 304 487 310 L 537 323 Z", "M 487 310 Q 462 163 380 88 Q 349 61 298 28 Q 279 15 303 17 Q 318 16 348 29 Q 387 42 419 67 Q 500 124 537 323 L 544 372 Q 548 423 556 442 Q 562 448 557 457 Q 553 463 528 473 Q 525 474 523 475 C 495 487 472 496 480 473 Q 481 469 485 463 Q 494 400 492 353 L 487 310 Z", "M 552 186 Q 589 140 632 75 Q 644 54 657 48 Q 664 47 673 54 Q 686 64 681 106 Q 678 143 618 180 Q 579 202 557 214 Q 550 220 546 209 Q 545 197 552 186 Z", "M 710 454 Q 686 472 659 481 Q 653 482 649 479 Q 642 475 650 464 Q 684 395 686 247 Q 686 192 719 167 L 720 166 Q 735 162 737 188 Q 737 201 736 215 L 730 249 Q 726 336 720 425 C 718 448 718 448 710 454 Z", "M 888 271 Q 904 389 936 427 Q 960 454 935 468 Q 914 480 886 498 Q 867 508 847 497 Q 807 472 710 454 C 681 448 690 420 720 425 Q 738 428 822 445 Q 847 449 853 440 Q 863 433 855 385 Q 848 334 836 275 C 830 246 884 241 888 271 Z", "M 736 215 Q 782 227 900 237 Q 910 238 912 248 Q 912 255 888 271 C 871 283 865 282 836 275 L 835 275 Q 777 259 730 249 C 701 243 707 208 736 215 Z" ] } 14 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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