Read Edit View history 鍛 duàn forge metal Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 段 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas duàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 锻 × 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 鍛 Simp strokes 鍛 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鍛 Simp strokes 鍛 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鍛 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 277, 830 ], [ 314, 785 ], [ 274, 696 ], [ 154, 499 ], [ 65, 388 ], [ 39, 366 ] ], [ [ 325, 729 ], [ 347, 727 ], [ 390, 704 ], [ 415, 674 ] ], [ [ 183, 498 ], [ 265, 513 ], [ 358, 544 ], [ 378, 543 ] ], [ [ 149, 376 ], [ 206, 377 ], [ 329, 423 ], [ 373, 428 ] ], [ [ 261, 483 ], [ 286, 469 ], [ 292, 450 ], [ 290, 247 ], [ 284, 226 ], [ 272, 216 ] ], [ [ 144, 297 ], [ 188, 264 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