Read Edit View history 鯨 jīng whale Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 京 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jīng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 鲸 × 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 鯨 Simp strokes 鯨 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鯨 Simp strokes 鯨 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鯨 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 282, 804 ], [ 293, 794 ], [ 304, 768 ], [ 296, 746 ], [ 228, 654 ], [ 169, 595 ], [ 135, 571 ] ], [ [ 291, 685 ], [ 336, 691 ], [ 383, 707 ], [ 421, 694 ], [ 405, 658 ], [ 337, 555 ], [ 317, 542 ] ], [ [ 132, 504 ], [ 163, 474 ], [ 212, 274 ] ], [ [ 188, 497 ], [ 202, 494 ], [ 379, 540 ], [ 416, 539 ], [ 434, 530 ], [ 451, 508 ], [ 437, 472 ], [ 412, 365 ], [ 392, 314 ], [ 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291 698 303 C 673 319 646 325 655 296 Z", "M 512 213 Q 488 167 456 124 Q 434 94 450 61 Q 456 43 477 54 Q 528 88 533 156 Q 540 187 534 211 Q 530 220 525 221 Q 516 220 512 213 Z", "M 813 166 Q 846 135 881 98 Q 894 83 911 83 Q 923 83 929 97 Q 935 112 927 144 Q 923 168 887 188 Q 805 225 788 219 Q 782 215 783 202 Q 787 190 813 166 Z" ] } 19 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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