Read Edit View history Discussion 钗 chāi ornamental hairpin Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A metal 钅 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas chāi ×chā × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 釵 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钗 Simp strokes 钗 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钗 Simp strokes 钗 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 钗 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 288, 808 ], [ 329, 746 ], [ 193, 518 ], [ 69, 376 ] ], [ [ 296, 629 ], [ 467, 662 ] ], [ [ 213, 487 ], [ 424, 525 ] ], [ [ 151, 321 ], [ 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637,432Q646,433 649,444Q653,457 644,481Q635,502 566,515Q553,516 548,515Q544,511 546,501Q549,492 572,476Z" ] } 8 strokes 钗 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 292, 803 ], [ 317, 779 ], [ 327, 754 ], [ 287, 668 ], [ 195, 519 ], [ 107, 410 ], [ 71, 378 ] ], [ [ 300, 627 ], [ 421, 655 ], [ 461, 655 ] ], [ [ 218, 487 ], [ 282, 489 ], [ 368, 519 ], [ 418, 525 ] ], [ [ 155, 321 ], [ 179, 316 ], [ 229, 322 ], [ 400, 376 ], [ 447, 379 ] ], [ [ 257, 463 ], [ 284, 447 ], [ 299, 427 ], [ 305, 293 ], [ 292, 143 ], [ 297, 121 ], [ 333, 128 ], [ 441, 200 ] ], [ [ 491, 586 ], [ 523, 576 ], [ 559, 580 ], [ 724, 623 ], [ 756, 617 ], [ 774, 605 ], [ 725, 411 ], [ 683, 315 ], [ 648, 257 ], [ 616, 216 ], [ 567, 171 ], [ 444, 94 ] ], [ [ 475, 435 ], [ 507, 422 ], [ 686, 190 ], [ 789, 88 ], [ 856, 69 ], [ 968, 51 ] ], [ [ 552, 507 ], [ 619, 471 ], [ 636, 444 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 307 650 Q 329 704 367 741 Q 376 751 371 765 Q 367 778 338 799 Q 311 817 293 816 Q 274 815 283 793 Q 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