Read Edit View history 釵 chāi ornamental hairpin Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A metal 釒 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 钗 × 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 釵 Simp strokes 釵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 釵 Simp strokes 釵 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 釵 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 314, 789 ], [ 343, 763 ], [ 350, 749 ], [ 321, 662 ], [ 275, 571 ], [ 228, 495 ], [ 187, 442 ], [ 110, 360 ], [ 58, 319 ] ], [ [ 359, 661 ], [ 381, 661 ], [ 431, 638 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600 463 Q 615 447 630 427 Q 640 414 655 414 Q 664 414 669 425 Q 673 437 669 463 Q 662 488 599 504 Q 586 508 580 507 Q 576 504 576 492 Q 577 482 600 463 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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