Read Edit View history 衰 shuāi HSK7 decline Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a woven raincoat (衣) made from either grass or straw. Based on the original meaning "raincoat made from straw or grass", now written as 蓑. The meaning later shifted to "weaken" and "decline". Pinyin Separate values with commas shuāi × 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 衰 Simp strokes 衰 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts woven grass or straw. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 衰 Simp strokes 衰 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 衰 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 470, 857 ], [ 541, 826 ], [ 575, 789 ] ], [ [ 268, 699 ], [ 318, 689 ], [ 698, 752 ], [ 739, 756 ], [ 781, 748 ] ], [ [ 336, 610 ], [ 361, 590 ], [ 370, 571 ], [ 412, 391 ] ], [ [ 387, 609 ], [ 410, 601 ], [ 469, 618 ], [ 590, 640 ], [ 639, 633 ], [ 662, 604 ], [ 626, 466 ], [ 608, 425 ], [ 583, 437 ] ], [ [ 153, 472 ], [ 209, 465 ], [ 473, 509 ], [ 792, 544 ], [ 835, 541 ], [ 879, 528 ] ], [ [ 431, 404 ], [ 440, 414 ], [ 518, 427 ], [ 557, 430 ], [ 568, 421 ] ], [ [ 443, 394 ], [ 459, 376 ], [ 461, 351 ], [ 419, 299 ], [ 375, 257 ], [ 252, 165 ], [ 161, 116 ], [ 125, 106 ] ], [ [ 395, 231 ], [ 398, 151 ], [ 391, 81 ], [ 397, 47 ], [ 435, 59 ], [ 537, 125 ] ], [ [ 763, 345 ], [ 725, 359 ], [ 622, 276 ], [ 602, 270 ] ], [ [ 484, 320 ], [ 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250 Q 707 311 760 333 Q 779 336 775 348 Q 771 364 754 386 Q 736 407 714 412 Q 698 413 697 393 Q 698 366 589 265 C 567 245 578 235 604 250 Z", "M 589 265 Q 516 334 495 338 C 468 351 453 335 477 317 Q 523 287 616 179 Q 727 53 770 50 Q 858 50 924 60 Q 958 64 956 75 Q 953 85 793 130 Q 790 131 789 131 Q 707 161 604 250 L 589 265 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.