Read Edit View history 鬳 yàn boiler, earthenware vessel Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 鬲 represents the meaning. Pinyin Separate values with commas yàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 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 鬳 Simp strokes 鬳 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鬳 Simp strokes 鬳 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鬳 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 492, 823 ], [ 525, 790 ], [ 522, 698 ], [ 507, 687 ] ], [ [ 551, 742 ], [ 568, 755 ], [ 628, 766 ], [ 664, 768 ], [ 690, 762 ] ], [ [ 310, 636 ], [ 325, 623 ], [ 523, 665 ], [ 724, 694 ], [ 763, 684 ], [ 783, 659 ], [ 727, 586 ] ], [ [ 236, 652 ], [ 269, 619 ], [ 274, 587 ], [ 263, 459 ], [ 230, 276 ], [ 199, 183 ], [ 157, 96 ], [ 73, -22 ] ], [ [ 347, 535 ], [ 386, 531 ], [ 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525 755 518 735 548 735 Z", "M 310 600 Q 320 600 330 602 Q 489 653 672 672 Q 712 676 725 674 Q 744 668 742 657 Q 742 654 724 597 Q 717 584 723 580 Q 730 577 746 589 Q 791 620 828 633 Q 859 642 858 650 Q 855 660 789 706 Q 767 722 692 707 Q 610 695 540 680 L 503 674 Q 448 668 298 639 C 269 633 280 597 310 600 Z", "M 298 639 Q 250 672 230 665 Q 218 658 225 644 Q 241 619 243 558 Q 224 338 195 239 Q 191 232 189 222 Q 159 138 71 -9 Q 65 -16 64 -22 Q 61 -32 72 -31 Q 100 -28 181 96 Q 197 124 213 156 Q 279 312 299 532 Q 302 569 310 600 C 316 627 316 627 298 639 Z", "M 495 538 Q 528 547 627 565 Q 636 564 642 575 Q 643 584 624 592 Q 599 608 515 579 Q 508 578 500 575 Q 499 575 499 574 L 459 563 Q 405 554 350 543 Q 328 539 346 526 Q 374 505 396 514 Q 424 521 458 530 L 495 538 Z", "M 458 530 Q 458 494 479 474 Q 536 431 648 459 Q 649 460 652 460 Q 677 469 703 487 Q 716 497 706 516 Q 697 529 682 575 Q 681 587 676 589 Q 672 592 670 579 Q 652 528 641 513 Q 634 504 610 499 Q 555 487 517 501 Q 501 508 498 517 Q 494 524 495 538 L 499 574 Q 500 581 502 587 Q 506 600 497 608 Q 487 618 469 625 Q 459 629 453 625 Q 447 622 451 608 Q 458 586 459 563 L 458 530 Z", "M 404 405 Q 374 402 395 387 Q 428 366 473 376 Q 558 389 647 404 Q 687 411 694 417 Q 701 424 698 430 Q 692 440 669 447 Q 645 453 621 444 Q 575 431 524 420 Q 469 410 404 405 Z", "M 431 337 Q 422 343 391 348 Q 381 349 378 346 Q 374 340 381 327 Q 399 294 413 240 Q 416 224 426 213 Q 442 195 446 209 Q 447 215 448 223 L 445 252 Q 439 292 438 310 C 436 334 436 334 431 337 Z", "M 682 280 Q 700 314 720 322 Q 733 335 723 351 Q 663 399 613 374 Q 528 352 431 337 C 401 332 408 307 438 310 Q 448 310 463 314 Q 544 329 621 343 Q 640 347 649 339 Q 652 336 642 285 C 636 256 667 254 682 280 Z", "M 448 223 Q 455 222 465 224 Q 537 239 693 250 Q 702 251 703 258 Q 703 265 682 280 C 672 288 672 287 642 285 Q 639 286 637 285 Q 531 263 445 252 C 415 248 418 224 448 223 Z", "M 332 180 Q 316 196 295 204 Q 291 207 285 201 Q 281 195 284 184 Q 306 136 287 21 Q 283 2 289 -17 Q 299 -36 312 -47 Q 324 -56 327 -46 Q 333 -43 337 -25 Q 341 -12 340 33 Q 340 111 346 142 C 350 164 350 164 332 180 Z", "M 462 168 Q 546 195 742 197 Q 761 196 767 185 Q 773 178 768 165 Q 761 41 750 24 Q 746 15 734 19 Q 710 23 683 30 Q 656 34 675 15 Q 730 -37 753 -73 Q 760 -85 772 -78 Q 802 -51 819 95 Q 823 140 840 160 Q 855 179 849 186 Q 842 199 797 230 Q 781 245 766 239 Q 739 230 690 224 Q 497 209 423 193 Q 371 184 332 180 C 302 177 316 138 346 142 Q 356 141 370 145 Q 401 157 452 166 L 462 168 Z", "M 452 166 Q 449 165 449 159 Q 443 129 364 64 Q 348 55 367 56 Q 403 56 497 131 Q 504 138 504 146 Q 503 155 484 162 Q 472 166 462 168 C 454 170 454 170 452 166 Z", "M 613 139 Q 650 114 691 85 Q 701 76 712 78 Q 719 79 722 88 Q 723 98 716 118 Q 704 151 606 171 Q 596 172 592 170 Q 588 167 590 159 Q 594 152 613 139 Z", "M 556 52 Q 607 59 651 63 Q 672 64 664 77 Q 657 90 634 96 Q 613 100 576 92 Q 497 76 427 63 Q 412 60 429 46 Q 439 39 462 41 Q 487 45 512 46 L 556 52 Z", "M 512 46 Q 503 -53 526 -78 Q 535 -88 543 -68 Q 555 -41 556 52 C 556 82 515 76 512 46 Z" ] } 16 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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.