Read Edit View history Discussion 资 zī HSK3 property Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 次 represents the sound. Simplified form of 資. Pinyin Separate values with commas zī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 資 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 资 Simp strokes 资 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint In ancient China shells were used as currency. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 资 Simp strokes 资 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 资 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 249, 765 ], [ 335, 727 ], [ 363, 693 ] ], [ [ 235, 416 ], [ 232, 435 ], [ 241, 480 ], [ 367, 617 ] ], [ [ 513, 835 ], [ 534, 807 ], [ 509, 745 ], [ 481, 700 ], [ 425, 646 ] ], [ [ 520, 720 ], [ 690, 761 ], [ 733, 767 ], [ 762, 759 ], [ 775, 742 ], [ 770, 732 ], [ 707, 662 ] ], [ [ 575, 685 ], [ 592, 656 ], [ 561, 588 ], [ 502, 524 ], [ 442, 485 ] ], [ [ 603, 607 ], [ 605, 598 ], [ 689, 534 ], [ 782, 480 ], [ 851, 471 ], [ 931, 473 ] ], [ [ 339, 454 ], [ 365, 425 ], [ 369, 411 ], [ 366, 269 ], [ 356, 209 ], [ 356, 156 ] ], [ [ 392, 437 ], [ 418, 427 ], [ 426, 433 ], [ 469, 436 ], [ 621, 469 ], [ 638, 465 ], [ 656, 450 ], [ 670, 429 ], [ 666, 348 ], [ 673, 225 ], [ 666, 161 ] ], [ [ 463, 380 ], [ 483, 372 ], [ 512, 343 ], [ 498, 175 ], [ 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