Read Edit View history 討 tǎo HSK7 to discuss Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts using speech (言) and one's hands (寸) to manage or govern. The meaning later shifted to "discuss" and "ask for". Pinyin Separate values with commas tǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 讨 × 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 討 Simp strokes 討 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 討 Simp strokes 討 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 討 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 337, 820 ], [ 413, 776 ], [ 447, 732 ] ], [ [ 91, 578 ], [ 153, 571 ], [ 400, 632 ], [ 422, 636 ], [ 464, 631 ] ], [ [ 250, 489 ], [ 296, 489 ], [ 387, 514 ], [ 418, 515 ] ], [ [ 242, 374 ], [ 307, 375 ], [ 386, 401 ], [ 422, 402 ] ], [ [ 170, 262 ], [ 202, 236 ], [ 247, 67 ] ], [ [ 231, 261 ], [ 242, 251 ], [ 347, 283 ], [ 375, 289 ], [ 395, 284 ], [ 415, 262 ], [ 391, 188 ], [ 364, 172 ] ], [ [ 262, 126 ], [ 273, 117 ], [ 364, 142 ], [ 423, 141 ] ], [ [ 504, 484 ], [ 557, 481 ], [ 650, 507 ], [ 878, 550 ], [ 928, 550 ], [ 973, 540 ] ], [ [ 700, 828 ], [ 723, 815 ], [ 759, 781 ], [ 754, 554 ], [ 768, 90 ], [ 747, 34 ], [ 614, 80 ] ], [ [ 543, 364 ], [ 602, 310 ], [ 618, 272 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 361 776 Q 388 754 417 726 Q 432 713 448 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