Read Edit View history 鈷 gǔ cobalt Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas gǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 钴 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 釒 is a component form of 金. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鈷 Simp strokes 鈷 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鈷 Simp strokes 鈷 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鈷 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 330, 779 ], [ 360, 748 ], [ 340, 678 ], [ 292, 577 ], [ 245, 497 ], [ 194, 429 ], [ 128, 358 ], [ 74, 314 ] ], [ [ 379, 688 ], [ 390, 675 ], [ 460, 641 ], [ 485, 609 ] ], [ [ 249, 459 ], [ 298, 462 ], [ 389, 494 ], [ 431, 499 ] ], [ [ 188, 325 ], [ 207, 321 ], [ 258, 328 ], [ 415, 375 ], [ 452, 375 ] ], [ [ 303, 440 ], [ 331, 421 ], [ 337, 396 ], [ 333, 181 ], [ 328, 164 ], [ 316, 152 ] ], [ [ 203, 262 ], [ 251, 208 ], [ 256, 179 ] ], [ [ 458, 280 ], [ 431, 281 ], [ 379, 197 ] ], [ [ 122, 88 ], [ 176, 71 ], [ 480, 185 ] ], [ [ 470, 460 ], [ 524, 456 ], [ 861, 516 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248 459 270 Q 472 277 467 284 Q 443 317 408 313 Q 398 309 401 295 Q 405 286 402 272 Z", "M 311 143 Q 247 127 177 107 Q 156 101 123 102 Q 110 101 108 91 Q 105 78 115 70 Q 137 54 169 34 Q 179 31 192 39 Q 235 69 425 146 Q 453 156 473 171 Q 486 178 486 188 Q 482 194 469 191 Q 414 175 353 156 L 311 143 Z", "M 691 468 Q 787 487 937 488 Q 956 489 961 498 Q 965 510 949 522 Q 895 559 835 540 Q 778 528 697 510 L 640 499 Q 561 486 471 470 Q 452 467 467 451 Q 480 438 498 434 Q 519 430 534 435 Q 582 450 636 459 L 691 468 Z", "M 663 288 Q 676 381 691 468 L 697 510 Q 713 642 741 709 Q 747 724 726 743 Q 689 768 662 775 Q 643 781 634 772 Q 624 765 632 746 Q 656 703 653 676 Q 649 591 640 499 L 636 459 Q 626 372 613 277 C 609 247 659 258 663 288 Z", "M 550 267 Q 538 274 505 281 Q 492 285 489 280 Q 482 274 490 258 Q 518 191 533 83 Q 534 50 552 28 Q 568 6 575 21 Q 579 34 580 56 L 576 95 Q 561 200 558 235 C 555 265 555 265 550 267 Z", "M 806 125 Q 836 209 871 237 Q 890 256 875 276 Q 797 342 732 309 Q 696 297 663 288 L 613 277 Q 582 273 550 267 C 520 262 529 226 558 235 Q 562 236 571 239 Q 658 255 740 271 Q 762 275 770 267 Q 780 257 776 234 Q 763 174 746 126 C 736 98 796 97 806 125 Z", "M 580 56 Q 586 56 593 57 Q 666 72 825 82 Q 838 83 839 93 Q 840 102 806 125 C 790 136 775 132 746 126 Q 652 105 576 95 C 546 91 550 54 580 56 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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