Read Edit View history Discussion 锨 xiān shovel Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas xiān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鍁 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint metal Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 锨 Simp strokes 锨 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 锨 Simp strokes 锨 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 锨 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 245, 804 ], [ 282, 765 ], [ 278, 739 ], [ 170, 536 ], [ 37, 364 ] ], [ [ 233, 587 ], [ 364, 619 ] ], [ [ 174, 446 ], [ 344, 487 ] ], [ [ 100, 295 ], [ 348, 357 ] ], [ [ 208, 426 ], [ 241, 396 ], [ 216, 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