Read Edit View history 鼓 gǔ HSK5 drum Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a drumstick held in the hand (支) beating on a drum (壴). Pinyin Separate values with commas gǔ × 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 鼓 Simp strokes 鼓 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand holding a drumstick. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鼓 Simp strokes 鼓 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鼓 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 156, 610 ], [ 207, 605 ], [ 323, 629 ], [ 466, 672 ], [ 509, 668 ] ], [ [ 313, 779 ], [ 350, 743 ], [ 339, 556 ], [ 323, 537 ] ], [ [ 218, 500 ], [ 255, 496 ], [ 388, 527 ], [ 446, 526 ] ], [ [ 178, 401 ], [ 201, 386 ], [ 215, 367 ], [ 243, 266 ] ], [ [ 217, 404 ], [ 249, 398 ], [ 385, 430 ], [ 419, 429 ], [ 443, 403 ], [ 428, 371 ], [ 399, 350 ] ], [ [ 258, 286 ], [ 274, 299 ], [ 389, 326 ], [ 452, 326 ] ], [ [ 216, 225 ], [ 246, 194 ], [ 259, 170 ] ], [ [ 401, 280 ], [ 418, 245 ], [ 390, 184 ], [ 377, 169 ] ], [ [ 120, 88 ], [ 175, 70 ], [ 509, 185 ] ], [ [ 535, 532 ], [ 593, 530 ], [ 687, 555 ], [ 786, 593 ], [ 848, 596 ] ], [ [ 623, 819 ], [ 670, 778 ], [ 652, 441 ], [ 630, 409 ] ], [ [ 524, 375 ], [ 589, 376 ], [ 688, 408 ], [ 724, 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385 Q 522 384 517 377 Q 513 370 531 363 Q 567 350 615 366 Q 675 388 686 389 Q 710 386 704 361 Q 686 277 655 217 L 631 179 Q 568 91 424 44 Q 411 38 422 31 Q 428 27 472 29 Q 578 41 664 140 L 692 181 Z", "M 664 140 Q 778 7 829 3 Q 848 3 952 22 Q 965 23 977 29 Q 984 36 973 45 Q 958 52 840 91 Q 770 112 692 181 L 655 217 Q 621 250 587 289 Q 568 311 537 316 Q 524 317 514 310 Q 508 303 519 295 Q 526 289 533 285 Q 554 276 631 179 L 664 140 Z" ] } 13 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.