Read Edit View history 錦 jǐn brocade Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Silk 帛 inlaid with gold 釒; 釒 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas jǐn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 锦 × 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 錦 Simp strokes 錦 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 錦 Simp strokes 錦 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 錦 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 310, 840 ], [ 328, 825 ], [ 344, 789 ], [ 305, 710 ], [ 230, 590 ], [ 168, 508 ], [ 96, 428 ], [ 67, 407 ] ], [ [ 354, 721 ], [ 370, 721 ], [ 419, 694 ], [ 436, 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546 321 C 516 317 522 280 551 288 Q 566 294 657 312 L 708 323 Z", "M 657 312 Q 657 -42 666 -60 Q 667 -64 671 -69 Q 675 -76 683 -74 Q 698 -65 702 -12 Q 702 -11 708 323 L 709 349 Q 710 382 718 411 Q 721 427 708 436 Q 690 448 678 453 C 651 467 621 473 633 445 Q 654 400 656 338 L 657 312 Z" ] } 16 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss 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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