Hint

Pictograph of a person holding onto a staff, looking to the side with his mouth open, doubtful of which direction to go. The 龰 (foot) component was added later to indicate movement, and the 子 component was added to hint at the sound. → Pictograph of a person holding onto a staff, looking to the side with his mouth open, doubtful of which direction to go. The 龰 (foot) component was added later to indicate movement, and the 牛 component was added to hint at the sound.

Verified

No → Yes

Components

• ◎ Iconic
  • hint: Depicts a person standing up holding onto a staff. → Depicts a person standing up, holding onto a staff, with their mouth open and looking to the side.
• + 牛 Sound
• - 口 Iconic
• - 子 Sound

Stroke fragments (simplified)

→

• Component 1: 1-2 → 1-7
• Component 2: 3-7 → 8-10
• Component 3: 8-10 → 11-14

Sources

• + 漢語多功能字庫
• + 李学勤《字源》p.1281

Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

edit character by inralback19 Feb 11, 2026, 09:06 PM

Hint

Pictograph of a person holding onto a staff, looking to the side with his mouth open, doubtful of which direction to go. The 龰 (foot) component was added later to indicate movement, and the 牛 component was added to hint at the sound. → Pictograph of a person holding onto a staff, looking to the side with his mouth open, doubtful of which direction to go. The 龰 (foot) component was added later to indicate movement, and the 子 component was added to hint at the sound.

Components

• ◎ Iconic
  • hint: Depicts a person standing up, holding onto a staff, with their mouth open and looking to the side. → Depicts a person standing up holding onto a staff.
• + 口 Iconic Here depicts the head of a person with an open mouth looking to the side.
• + 子 Sound The pronunciation of 子 was similar to 疑 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.
• - 牛 Sound

Stroke fragments (simplified)

→

• Component 1: 1-7 → 1-2
• Component 2: 8-10 → 3-7
• Component 3: 11-14 → 8-10

Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

edit character by inralback19 Feb 11, 2026, 09:06 PM

Strokes (simplified)

14 strokes

→

14 strokes

Source: animcjk → dong

Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

edit character by Peter Olson Nov 3, 2021, 05:14 PM