Read Edit View history 酸 suān HSK4 sour, tart Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas suān × 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 酸 Simp strokes 酸 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 酸 Simp strokes 酸 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 酸 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 152, 685 ], [ 210, 680 ], [ 384, 724 ], [ 436, 727 ] ], [ [ 111, 526 ], [ 127, 512 ], [ 142, 484 ], [ 145, 431 ], [ 144, 316 ], [ 122, 139 ], [ 124, 104 ] ], [ [ 164, 510 ], [ 176, 504 ], [ 223, 513 ], [ 373, 552 ], [ 411, 545 ], [ 429, 525 ], [ 430, 207 ], [ 421, 148 ], [ 428, 79 ] ], [ [ 225, 661 ], [ 252, 637 ], [ 255, 510 ], [ 237, 423 ], [ 208, 351 ], [ 194, 331 ] ], [ [ 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Q 228 173 154 164 C 124 160 118 121 147 129 Z", "M 776 652 Q 682 642 583 621 Q 573 618 569 621 Q 568 625 573 634 Q 670 772 691 795 Q 703 804 697 816 Q 690 828 645 849 Q 629 856 620 852 Q 608 846 614 827 Q 633 764 532 647 Q 513 628 485 608 Q 472 598 476 587 Q 480 571 505 552 Q 515 542 528 552 Q 573 586 779 627 Q 786 628 792 631 C 821 639 806 655 776 652 Z", "M 792 631 Q 832 579 839 576 Q 846 575 853 582 Q 865 592 858 630 Q 855 661 794 702 Q 754 727 732 738 Q 725 744 722 733 Q 721 723 728 712 Q 750 687 776 652 L 792 631 Z", "M 455 385 Q 501 385 598 500 Q 605 509 603 516 Q 600 526 580 530 Q 558 536 550 533 Q 544 532 543 521 Q 537 479 455 394 Q 454 394 454 393 C 445 384 445 384 455 385 Z", "M 749 508 Q 795 478 844 440 Q 857 430 869 432 Q 878 433 881 444 Q 884 457 875 480 Q 868 505 827 524 Q 742 552 724 547 Q 720 543 722 533 Q 726 524 749 508 Z", "M 615 374 Q 637 408 647 422 Q 654 432 651 441 Q 647 451 624 454 Q 599 458 590 454 Q 583 453 583 441 Q 577 374 458 237 C 438 214 435 210 458 218 Q 500 230 552 293 L 564 306 Q 580 327 596 346 L 615 374 Z", "M 643 172 Q 582 97 463 59 Q 450 55 462 47 Q 468 43 506 45 Q 596 54 672 136 L 702 176 Q 735 231 765 315 Q 777 340 795 358 Q 813 373 801 385 Q 789 395 760 407 Q 738 414 713 401 Q 691 392 662 384 Q 643 380 615 374 C 586 368 566 348 596 346 Q 621 342 654 350 Q 688 365 696 365 Q 718 359 710 335 Q 694 260 665 207 L 643 172 Z", "M 672 136 Q 756 37 774 29 Q 822 8 945 20 Q 963 21 965 26 Q 968 32 953 39 Q 905 61 849 85 Q 785 113 739 149 Q 720 162 702 176 L 665 207 Q 646 225 626 244 Q 581 292 564 306 C 542 326 539 320 552 293 Q 553 280 643 172 L 672 136 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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.