Read Edit View history 锼 sōu to engrave (metal of wood) Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas sōu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鎪 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint metal Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 锼 Simp strokes 锼 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 锼 Simp strokes 锼 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 锼 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 292, 803 ], [ 317, 780 ], [ 328, 757 ], [ 286, 670 ], [ 240, 591 ], [ 174, 498 ], [ 95, 404 ], [ 58, 374 ] ], [ [ 293, 623 ], [ 314, 636 ], [ 408, 657 ], [ 453, 660 ] ], [ [ 206, 482 ], [ 249, 480 ], 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