Read Edit View history 鉀 jiǎ potassium kalium Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 钾 × 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 鉀 Simp strokes 鉀 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鉀 Simp strokes 鉀 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鉀 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 306, 767 ], [ 332, 742 ], [ 343, 719 ], [ 285, 602 ], [ 165, 422 ], [ 91, 336 ], [ 55, 307 ] ], [ [ 365, 669 ], [ 374, 656 ], [ 420, 631 ], [ 446, 593 ] ], [ [ 217, 451 ], [ 285, 458 ], [ 399, 492 ], [ 437, 488 ] ], [ [ 200, 317 ], [ 248, 314 ], [ 395, 358 ], [ 438, 359 ] ], [ [ 307, 436 ], [ 335, 414 ], [ 333, 182 ], [ 328, 165 ], [ 316, 153 ] ], [ [ 187, 238 ], [ 236, 204 ], [ 251, 170 ] ], [ [ 411, 297 ], [ 428, 274 ], [ 383, 213 ] ], [ [ 117, 84 ], [ 172, 67 ], [ 492, 193 ] ], [ [ 496, 592 ], [ 523, 567 ], [ 530, 550 ], [ 572, 275 ] ], [ [ 557, 590 ], [ 565, 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549 ], [ 702, 538 ], [ 695, -48 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 225 469 Q 274 535 330 624 Q 339 643 349 657 L 363 678 Q 372 691 383 701 Q 393 711 388 726 Q 384 739 354 763 Q 326 782 306 782 Q 287 781 295 757 Q 310 723 297 694 Q 257 597 197 507 Q 139 419 59 324 Q 49 314 46 307 Q 42 295 57 298 Q 93 301 203 441 L 209 449 L 225 469 Z", "M 349 657 Q 355 650 369 638 Q 396 616 424 588 Q 434 578 448 577 Q 457 578 461 589 Q 465 601 458 625 Q 454 644 426 658 Q 398 668 366 678 Q 365 679 363 678 C 333 681 329 679 349 657 Z", "M 341 450 Q 440 480 441 481 Q 448 488 444 497 Q 437 507 407 513 Q 379 517 350 503 Q 323 493 293 483 Q 262 476 225 469 C 196 463 192 463 209 449 Q 233 425 299 439 L 341 450 Z", "M 359 322 Q 440 346 445 350 Q 452 357 448 365 Q 441 375 413 380 Q 385 384 361 371 L 311 352 Q 247 334 206 327 Q 173 318 198 305 Q 240 284 287 302 Q 297 305 311 308 L 359 322 Z", "M 353 157 Q 356 248 359 322 L 361 371 Q 361 386 364 407 Q 370 428 341 450 C 318 469 291 468 299 439 Q 308 411 311 352 L 311 308 Q 311 248 311 144 C 311 114 352 127 353 157 Z", "M 203 202 Q 236 160 250 158 Q 260 158 265 169 Q 271 181 265 208 Q 262 220 243 230 Q 192 249 184 247 Q 180 244 180 232 Q 181 222 203 202 Z", "M 399 268 Q 393 249 378 218 Q 374 212 379 207 Q 385 207 390 211 Q 435 247 457 261 Q 470 267 465 274 Q 458 286 442 297 Q 426 309 409 308 Q 397 305 401 291 Q 404 281 399 268 Z", "M 311 144 Q 244 125 175 104 Q 153 97 118 98 Q 105 97 103 87 Q 102 74 110 66 Q 132 50 166 31 Q 176 27 188 36 Q 236 70 435 152 Q 463 164 485 179 Q 498 186 498 196 Q 492 202 480 199 Q 419 180 353 157 L 311 144 Z", "M 544 590 Q 531 596 504 602 Q 491 606 487 600 Q 480 594 488 577 Q 522 489 536 348 Q 537 306 560 277 Q 576 253 583 269 Q 587 281 589 298 L 589 331 Q 588 344 586 361 Q 564 517 560 558 C 557 585 557 585 544 590 Z", "M 803 317 Q 822 286 840 277 Q 852 268 868 291 Q 889 325 929 508 Q 939 541 964 566 Q 977 579 966 594 Q 950 613 906 641 Q 885 651 817 634 Q 784 633 544 590 C 514 585 531 551 560 558 Q 597 568 647 577 L 702 586 Q 835 613 863 595 Q 882 580 876 553 Q 836 354 811 342 C 798 324 798 324 803 317 Z", "M 729 440 Q 766 447 798 450 Q 823 454 813 468 Q 803 484 775 488 Q 757 491 731 484 L 674 469 Q 640 459 608 450 Q 590 446 612 430 Q 621 423 639 427 Q 655 430 674 432 L 729 440 Z", "M 727 312 Q 761 316 803 317 C 833 318 832 321 811 342 Q 805 349 794 356 Q 773 369 727 354 L 673 344 Q 628 337 589 331 C 559 326 559 300 589 298 Q 599 297 611 298 Q 636 304 673 307 L 727 312 Z", "M 673 307 Q 666 -17 683 -48 Q 684 -51 686 -53 Q 692 -60 699 -58 Q 717 -46 721 11 Q 728 86 728 158 Q 725 198 727 312 L 727 354 Q 728 394 729 440 L 731 484 Q 731 493 741 541 Q 744 560 730 569 Q 714 579 702 586 C 676 601 635 605 647 577 Q 647 576 650 571 Q 672 520 674 469 L 674 432 Q 674 392 673 344 L 673 307 Z" ] } 13 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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