Read Edit View history Discussion 隻 zhī HSK2 only Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hand (又) holding a bird (隹). 隻 is used as a measure word for birds, as well as some other animals and objects. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 只 × 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 隻 Simp strokes 隻 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 隻 Simp strokes 隻 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 隻 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 348, 822 ], [ 369, 800 ], [ 379, 777 ], [ 351, 728 ], [ 257, 597 ], [ 173, 508 ], [ 147, 489 ] ], [ [ 319, 631 ], [ 337, 563 ], [ 321, 349 ], [ 327, 297 ] ], [ [ 521, 845 ], [ 594, 805 ], [ 616, 775 ] ], [ [ 421, 689 ], [ 464, 683 ], [ 509, 687 ], [ 590, 702 ], [ 704, 735 ], [ 756, 736 ] ], [ [ 439, 575 ], [ 474, 576 ], [ 681, 623 ], [ 728, 620 ] ], [ [ 428, 471 ], [ 463, 473 ], [ 667, 523 ], [ 710, 528 ], [ 731, 523 ] ], [ [ 546, 669 ], [ 574, 652 ], [ 579, 642 ], [ 574, 433 ], [ 557, 407 ] ], [ [ 362, 345 ], [ 368, 351 ], [ 403, 352 ], [ 701, 410 ], [ 749, 414 ], [ 810, 402 ] ], [ [ 376, 268 ], [ 417, 264 ], [ 479, 271 ], [ 600, 301 ], [ 618, 301 ], [ 658, 283 ], [ 637, 231 ], [ 600, 166 ], [ 559, 113 ], [ 518, 77 ], [ 471, 48 ], [ 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