Read Edit View history Discussion 鳩 jiū pigeon Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 鸠 × 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 鳩 Simp strokes 鳩 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鳩 Simp strokes 鳩 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鳩 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 223, 756 ], [ 259, 718 ], [ 242, 516 ], [ 208, 380 ], [ 180, 307 ], [ 125, 211 ], [ 84, 161 ] ], [ [ 93, 515 ], [ 151, 513 ], [ 331, 581 ], [ 362, 579 ], [ 371, 570 ], [ 335, 311 ], [ 340, 254 ], [ 364, 262 ], [ 388, 282 ], [ 469, 382 ] ], [ [ 609, 842 ], [ 631, 826 ], [ 641, 809 ], [ 603, 743 ], [ 555, 682 ], [ 557, 672 ] ], [ [ 497, 677 ], [ 513, 665 ], [ 528, 636 ], [ 526, 404 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218 768 Q 206 761 213 748 Q 228 730 229 662 Q 228 653 228 642 Q 227 599 221 558 L 216 515 Z", "M 271 538 Q 284 545 301 551 Q 325 563 334 556 Q 343 550 332 452 Q 328 346 294 251 Q 281 221 321 176 Q 331 166 340 172 Q 347 179 357 201 Q 391 261 468 367 Q 478 380 474 386 Q 471 393 462 383 Q 419 343 378 298 Q 357 277 358 306 Q 359 367 387 517 Q 391 539 413 560 Q 425 570 416 582 Q 406 597 370 614 Q 360 620 343 610 Q 307 594 276 580 L 221 558 Q 140 530 99 526 Q 86 527 83 519 Q 79 512 89 504 Q 128 482 152 491 Q 183 503 216 515 L 271 538 Z", "M 556 662 Q 592 696 612 720 Q 669 787 685 798 Q 703 811 689 827 Q 673 840 645 848 Q 620 857 608 851 Q 595 847 603 835 Q 615 810 539 674 C 524 648 534 641 556 662 Z", "M 547 410 Q 547 440 547 468 L 547 493 Q 547 497 547 502 Q 546 527 546 549 L 548 572 Q 548 605 560 633 C 574 671 565 659 539 674 Q 529 681 514 687 Q 495 693 487 684 Q 481 678 489 667 Q 504 637 505 454 Q 505 364 492 309 Q 486 287 502 272 Q 523 257 545 270 C 550 272 549 310 548 340 Q 547 364 547 387 L 547 410 Z", "M 697 487 Q 698 486 699 482 Q 703 469 715 469 Q 728 470 735 484 Q 747 500 769 577 Q 782 623 814 650 Q 830 665 816 678 Q 800 693 755 715 Q 737 724 692 706 Q 682 706 604 678 Q 576 668 556 662 C 527 653 530 632 560 633 Q 575 632 584 636 Q 621 654 708 678 Q 724 682 730 680 Q 739 674 733 645 Q 711 539 701 514 C 694 493 694 493 697 487 Z", "M 546 549 Q 550 548 561 550 Q 624 565 670 574 Q 689 578 681 589 Q 671 602 648 604 Q 621 605 548 572 C 521 560 516 551 546 549 Z", "M 547 468 Q 548 467 553 466 Q 562 465 573 467 Q 612 477 697 487 C 727 491 727 499 701 514 Q 680 529 606 507 Q 575 500 547 493 C 518 486 519 478 547 468 Z", "M 547 387 Q 578 378 670 397 Q 688 401 707 405 Q 729 409 732 413 Q 739 420 735 427 Q 728 436 705 441 Q 690 444 608 420 Q 580 413 547 410 C 517 407 518 394 547 387 Z", "M 545 270 Q 584 298 711 313 Q 838 332 858 316 Q 871 306 860 261 Q 841 102 810 59 Q 803 47 782 46 Q 749 56 720 65 Q 707 69 707 63 Q 707 59 714 51 Q 766 2 785 -32 Q 792 -51 809 -42 Q 867 -15 882 51 Q 901 138 915 234 Q 922 271 941 304 Q 954 320 942 333 Q 924 352 886 374 Q 865 387 836 374 Q 793 356 752 352 Q 695 346 579 325 Q 552 316 548 340 C 527 361 519 256 545 270 Z", "M 435 221 Q 420 166 396 116 Q 381 85 401 58 Q 410 43 426 57 Q 468 97 463 174 Q 464 202 455 224 Q 451 231 445 231 Q 438 230 435 221 Z", "M 521 192 Q 540 120 548 116 Q 554 112 562 118 Q 569 124 577 144 Q 583 165 537 221 Q 530 228 525 230 Q 521 229 516 222 Q 515 215 521 192 Z", "M 620 216 Q 633 192 645 164 Q 649 152 660 149 Q 667 146 674 153 Q 681 160 683 182 Q 684 204 630 248 Q 621 254 616 254 Q 612 253 610 244 Q 609 237 620 216 Z", "M 729 236 Q 766 170 779 167 Q 786 166 793 173 Q 800 183 801 207 Q 801 232 736 273 Q 726 279 720 278 Q 716 277 714 267 Q 714 257 729 236 Z" ] } 13 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 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