Read Edit View history 蠍 xiē scorpion Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 歇 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas xiē × 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 蠍 Simp strokes 蠍 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蠍 Simp strokes 蠍 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蠍 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 53, 524 ], [ 88, 485 ], [ 116, 364 ] ], [ [ 98, 522 ], [ 132, 525 ], [ 260, 576 ], [ 297, 576 ], [ 317, 557 ], [ 286, 468 ], [ 268, 457 ] ], [ [ 130, 383 ], [ 162, 401 ], [ 259, 434 ], [ 306, 435 ] ], [ [ 164, 730 ], [ 207, 694 ], [ 208, 670 ], [ 194, 311 ], [ 178, 292 ] ], [ [ 48, 230 ], [ 94, 224 ], [ 254, 301 ], [ 268, 316 ] ], [ [ 271, 353 ], [ 302, 304 ], [ 307, 285 ] ], [ 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Q 470 294 457 299 C 438 307 438 307 449 286 Z", "M 334 207 Q 338 217 328 225 Q 313 240 291 247 Q 281 250 275 244 Q 271 240 279 228 Q 292 209 293 180 Q 292 140 276 119 Q 269 107 274 99 Q 281 86 296 75 Q 306 68 317 80 Q 357 125 492 144 Q 508 144 514 151 Q 518 155 512 164 Q 506 171 475 182 Q 450 191 333 134 Q 329 131 327 132 Q 323 135 325 143 Q 329 192 334 207 Z", "M 714 507 Q 760 595 789 679 Q 799 715 811 734 Q 817 746 809 757 Q 802 767 771 781 Q 743 791 726 787 Q 710 781 722 763 Q 738 744 735 724 Q 728 657 707 591 Q 688 527 655 453 Q 648 443 648 436 Q 647 426 659 431 Q 671 437 701 483 L 714 507 Z", "M 701 483 Q 710 477 741 483 Q 814 514 840 510 Q 847 495 839 489 Q 839 486 818 431 Q 812 422 817 417 Q 821 413 831 423 Q 907 480 943 494 Q 950 495 952 503 Q 951 512 888 545 Q 864 555 853 549 Q 801 527 714 507 C 685 500 672 491 701 483 Z", "M 755 243 Q 756 255 760 267 Q 773 339 783 355 Q 790 371 777 378 Q 735 408 714 400 Q 702 396 708 384 Q 735 341 702 227 Q 669 130 567 61 Q 557 54 567 51 Q 612 51 673 104 Q 713 137 747 217 L 755 243 Z", "M 747 217 Q 786 138 841 52 Q 863 28 976 40 Q 983 41 984 45 Q 985 49 976 55 Q 858 124 763 233 Q 760 239 755 243 C 735 266 734 244 747 217 Z" ] } 19 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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