Read Edit View history 諺 yàn proverb Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Elegant 彦 words 言; 彦 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 谚 × 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 諺 Simp strokes 諺 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 諺 Simp strokes 諺 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 諺 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 315, 831 ], [ 402, 782 ], [ 421, 753 ] ], [ [ 62, 578 ], [ 89, 570 ], [ 117, 570 ], [ 383, 637 ], [ 444, 636 ] ], [ [ 226, 499 ], [ 275, 499 ], [ 343, 521 ], [ 389, 524 ] ], [ [ 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723 619 Z", "M 545 450 Q 587 438 618 447 Q 724 469 833 493 Q 884 505 891 512 Q 898 519 895 526 Q 888 536 863 542 Q 842 546 750 516 Q 627 485 543 476 C 513 473 516 457 545 450 Z", "M 543 476 Q 542 477 539 478 Q 494 506 472 497 Q 460 493 467 480 Q 500 432 469 288 Q 468 284 467 279 Q 434 162 310 66 Q 300 56 310 55 Q 368 61 430 128 Q 514 213 526 342 Q 535 429 545 450 C 552 471 552 471 543 476 Z", "M 691 436 Q 685 391 580 299 Q 561 286 586 289 Q 631 289 720 371 Q 720 378 755 404 Q 764 414 762 423 Q 759 435 737 442 Q 712 451 701 449 Q 694 448 691 436 Z", "M 718 325 Q 697 262 568 166 Q 550 154 573 156 Q 643 163 738 257 Q 763 282 776 294 Q 786 303 784 311 Q 783 323 761 330 Q 737 340 727 337 Q 720 336 718 325 Z", "M 740 219 Q 744 144 602 18 Q 599 17 597 14 Q 557 -20 459 -85 Q 450 -89 460 -93 Q 530 -93 662 11 Q 665 15 669 17 Q 717 57 795 145 Q 805 157 812 161 Q 819 165 820 176 Q 816 206 779 223 Q 760 233 748 232 Q 739 231 740 219 Z" ] } 16 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source 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