Read Edit View history Discussion 钎 qiān tool for boring holes Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A metal 钅 awl 千; 千 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas qiān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 釺 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钎 Simp strokes 钎 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钎 Simp strokes 钎 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 钎 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 288, 810 ], [ 321, 779 ], [ 325, 741 ], [ 183, 517 ], [ 58, 376 ] ], [ [ 273, 607 ], [ 464, 639 ] ], [ [ 204, 466 ], [ 422, 508 ] ], [ [ 138, 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278,305C308,314 308,314 323,318Z", "M278,305C281,220 269,156 242,122C220,96 218,69 250,40C258,32 269,38 275,47C285,66 334,115 426,189C449,209 472,238 413,208C393,198 364,183 327,161C320,158 314,159 315,165C317,222 323,272 323,318C323,352 323,352 323,369C323,440 335,432 303,455C288,464 247,461 253,445C267,417 274,385 276,351C277,320 277,320 278,305Z", "M668,633C733,666 775,689 811,706C844,722 830,735 821,740C774,766 738,778 716,770C710,769 708,761 709,753C709,721 630,662 479,565C472,562 476,552 482,552C533,561 581,590 628,613C655,626 655,626 668,633Z", "M708,404C755,413 815,417 888,418C924,419 978,424 937,453C895,483 855,485 814,472C784,463 748,457 708,448C672,441 672,441 654,437C593,425 527,416 456,403C441,401 439,394 451,383C471,365 497,360 529,369C567,381 609,388 655,395C690,401 690,401 708,404Z", "M661,2C673,-57 699,-56 708,32C712,83 710,134 712,185C712,208 708,262 708,404C708,433 708,433 708,448C708,500 711,546 718,586C723,617 688,629 668,633C653,636 622,627 628,613C655,556 652,499 654,437C655,409 655,409 655,395C657,309 655,236 655,178C656,80 656,22 661,2Z" ] } 8 strokes 钎 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 293, 804 ], [ 317, 780 ], [ 328, 758 ], [ 283, 667 ], [ 228, 579 ], [ 155, 479 ], [ 82, 396 ], [ 58, 378 ] ], [ [ 278, 604 ], [ 415, 637 ], [ 457, 640 ] ], [ [ 210, 465 ], [ 268, 467 ], [ 365, 501 ], [ 418, 507 ] ], [ [ 143, 306 ], [ 194, 305 ], [ 348, 354 ], [ 416, 362 ] ], [ [ 260, 441 ], [ 295, 421 ], [ 298, 396 ], [ 301, 283 ], [ 288, 151 ], [ 293, 129 ], [ 332, 137 ], [ 442, 213 ] ], [ [ 820, 723 ], [ 745, 724 ], [ 664, 659 ], [ 533, 582 ], [ 507, 569 ], [ 493, 569 ], [ 484, 559 ] ], [ [ 454, 393 ], [ 490, 386 ], [ 515, 389 ], [ 592, 407 ], [ 853, 449 ], [ 889, 447 ], [ 940, 434 ] ], [ [ 638, 610 ], [ 670, 596 ], [ 679, 585 ], [ 683, -29 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 287 624 Q 344 720 366 740 Q 375 750 370 764 Q 366 777 338 800 Q 311 818 293 818 Q 274 817 282 794 Q 297 763 284 736 Q 221 585 63 394 Q 53 384 50 378 Q 47 368 61 370 Q 73 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705 479 565 Q 475 555 482 552 Q 503 552 605 603 Q 615 607 628 613 L 668 633 Z", "M 708 404 Q 780 414 888 418 Q 942 418 949 428 Q 953 441 937 453 Q 874 495 814 472 Q 768 463 708 448 L 654 437 Q 563 422 456 403 Q 434 399 451 383 Q 482 355 529 369 Q 587 387 655 395 L 708 404 Z", "M 661 2 Q 667 -23 674 -33 Q 680 -40 687 -38 Q 702 -29 708 32 Q 715 108 712 185 Q 708 237 708 404 L 708 448 Q 708 526 718 586 Q 721 604 706 614 Q 682 629 668 633 C 640 645 617 641 628 613 Q 646 573 653 514 Q 653 480 654 437 L 655 395 Q 655 49 661 2 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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