Read Edit View history Discussion 蝌 kē tadpole Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 科 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas kē × 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 蝌 Simp strokes 蝌 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蝌 Simp strokes 蝌 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蝌 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 65, 558 ], [ 98, 521 ], [ 126, 377 ] ], [ [ 107, 547 ], [ 304, 577 ], [ 328, 553 ], [ 287, 462 ] ], [ [ 134, 412 ], [ 285, 451 ], [ 329, 443 ] ], [ [ 158, 778 ], [ 216, 732 ], [ 202, 291 ] ], [ [ 53, 258 ], [ 112, 239 ], [ 298, 321 ] ], [ [ 275, 376 ], [ 332, 291 ] ], [ [ 506, 760 ], [ 540, 715 ], [ 355, 619 ] ], [ [ 346, 489 ], [ 589, 532 ] ], [ [ 458, 657 ], [ 481, 623 ], [ 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