Read Edit View history 觜 zī beak Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 角 represents the meaning and 此 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zuǐ ×zī × 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 觜 Simp strokes 觜 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 觜 Simp strokes 觜 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 觜 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 343, 797 ], [ 382, 765 ], [ 378, 591 ], [ 362, 565 ] ], [ [ 403, 672 ], [ 425, 687 ], [ 461, 692 ], [ 496, 686 ] ], [ [ 214, 695 ], [ 251, 659 ], [ 264, 551 ], [ 251, 538 ] ], [ [ 157, 497 ], [ 206, 482 ], [ 496, 592 ] ], [ [ 738, 790 ], [ 745, 752 ], [ 714, 730 ], [ 599, 673 ], [ 591, 662 ] ], [ [ 547, 830 ], [ 581, 785 ], [ 569, 701 ], [ 570, 610 ], [ 576, 576 ], [ 597, 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531 838 537 821 Q 555 787 550 737 Q 544 586 565 552 Q 580 525 647 514 Q 695 507 770 509 Q 837 512 864 526 Q 892 542 878 572 Z", "M 466 482 Q 496 515 495 521 Q 494 531 472 538 Q 450 545 440 544 Q 434 543 432 532 Q 426 487 312 390 Q 296 378 317 381 Q 359 381 448 464 L 466 482 Z", "M 520 355 Q 592 428 639 452 Q 655 459 646 472 Q 634 485 603 506 Q 590 512 576 504 Q 567 501 497 486 Q 481 483 466 482 C 436 479 420 474 448 464 Q 460 455 544 464 Q 553 465 555 463 Q 558 459 553 451 Q 511 382 487 351 Q 486 351 486 350 C 467 326 499 334 520 355 Z", "M 348 335 Q 347 336 345 337 Q 300 359 287 357 Q 268 354 283 334 Q 311 282 288 142 Q 282 117 270 85 Q 249 34 199 -11 Q 186 -23 183 -29 Q 182 -36 192 -35 Q 226 -35 272 14 Q 341 83 353 280 C 355 310 356 331 348 335 Z", "M 511 325 Q 574 337 644 344 Q 666 348 677 335 Q 684 331 687 296 Q 697 181 693 50 Q 693 31 686 25 Q 673 15 604 26 Q 588 27 590 19 Q 591 12 604 7 Q 665 -33 699 -64 Q 720 -82 732 -79 Q 744 -76 753 -49 Q 766 -6 764 58 Q 751 203 748 256 Q 748 293 759 316 Q 771 337 761 348 Q 751 361 706 384 Q 687 394 669 389 Q 623 376 523 356 Q 522 356 520 355 L 486 350 Q 417 343 348 335 C 318 332 333 258 353 280 Q 353 299 400 306 Q 430 313 465 318 L 511 325 Z", "M 529 222 Q 572 229 610 233 Q 632 237 625 249 Q 615 262 591 268 Q 569 271 531 262 L 479 249 Q 442 240 407 232 Q 391 229 410 214 Q 414 211 480 215 L 529 222 Z", "M 525 116 Q 580 123 629 128 Q 653 131 645 144 Q 635 160 610 165 Q 568 172 526 156 L 480 147 Q 429 138 384 129 Q 368 126 387 110 Q 397 101 423 104 Q 451 108 480 111 L 525 116 Z", "M 526 156 Q 527 184 529 222 L 531 262 Q 531 268 533 272 Q 534 284 537 293 Q 540 306 529 315 Q 519 322 511 325 C 484 338 452 345 465 318 Q 478 297 479 249 L 480 215 Q 480 184 480 147 L 480 111 Q 480 -18 492 -38 Q 496 -44 502 -41 Q 514 -35 520 13 Q 524 46 525 116 L 526 156 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 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