Read Edit View history 鴞 xiāo owl Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 号 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 鸮 × 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 鴞 Simp strokes 鴞 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鴞 Simp strokes 鴞 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鴞 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 168, 728 ], [ 191, 710 ], [ 201, 692 ], [ 232, 562 ] ], [ [ 220, 724 ], [ 231, 717 ], [ 342, 746 ], [ 376, 742 ], [ 395, 721 ], [ 373, 653 ], [ 348, 637 ] ], [ [ 250, 576 ], [ 266, 591 ], [ 341, 610 ], [ 403, 609 ] ], [ [ 86, 457 ], [ 123, 450 ], [ 154, 455 ], [ 389, 520 ], [ 447, 521 ] ], [ [ 218, 442 ], [ 239, 425 ], [ 210, 338 ], [ 239, 334 ], [ 264, 345 ], [ 331, 356 ], [ 355, 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152 575 143 Q 585 139 596 151 Q 602 161 600 181 Q 591 218 539 247 Q 532 251 528 242 Q 524 236 528 227 Z", "M 631 243 Q 670 174 691 168 Q 703 165 711 180 Q 714 190 709 210 Q 703 226 683 238 Q 653 260 639 265 Q 632 269 629 259 Q 626 252 631 243 Z", "M 741 251 Q 777 190 788 187 Q 795 186 802 193 Q 808 203 808 225 Q 808 249 747 285 Q 737 291 732 290 Q 728 289 726 279 Q 727 270 741 251 Z" ] } 16 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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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