Read Edit View history Discussion 須 xū HSK7 must Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person with a bearded face. Based on the original meaning "beard", now written as 鬚. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas xū × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 须 × 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 須 Simp strokes 須 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a head. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 須 Simp strokes 須 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 須 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 317, 799 ], [ 340, 766 ], [ 294, 680 ], [ 243, 610 ], [ 212, 578 ], [ 126, 513 ] ], [ [ 329, 608 ], [ 350, 579 ], [ 313, 507 ], [ 248, 426 ], [ 169, 359 ], [ 154, 356 ], [ 151, 348 ] ], [ [ 329, 396 ], [ 344, 381 ], [ 360, 347 ], [ 311, 264 ], [ 193, 115 ], [ 135, 58 ], [ 96, 30 ] ], [ [ 476, 736 ], [ 529, 733 ], [ 680, 768 ], [ 799, 788 ], [ 838, 788 ], [ 889, 776 ] ], [ [ 668, 711 ], [ 634, 703 ], [ 620, 673 ], [ 558, 585 ] ], [ [ 491, 589 ], [ 516, 564 ], [ 526, 508 ], [ 527, 386 ], [ 513, 239 ], [ 515, 204 ] ], [ [ 540, 578 ], [ 564, 569 ], [ 752, 621 ], [ 775, 615 ], [ 806, 584 ], [ 800, 421 ], [ 806, 280 ], [ 799, 201 ] ], [ [ 554, 458 ], [ 563, 469 ], [ 654, 490 ], [ 698, 496 ], [ 720, 491 ] ], [ [ 553, 345 ], [ 563, 356 ], [ 640, 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722,178C716,182 712,182 710,173C708,165 711,156 717,148Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.