snout

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originated as a pictograph depicting a snout or jaw viewed from the front. In seal script, its shape directly mimics the muscular and skeletal contours of an animal's snout or mouth.

Mnemonic: Picture the shape ⼹ as an open snout with ridges on both sides, recalling the contours of an animal's jaw.

• 彐jì🔊

  pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)

  3 strokes

• 彑jì🔊

  variant of 彐[ji4]

  3 strokes

• 归guī🔊

  to return

  HSK 4

  5 strokes

• 刍chú🔊

  to mow or cut grass

  5 strokes

• 当dāng🔊

  to be

  HSK 2

  6 strokes

• 寻xún🔊

  to search

  HSK 7

  6 strokes

• 灵líng🔊

  quick

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 录lù🔊

  diary

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 彖tuàn🔊

  to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经

  9 strokes

• 彗huì🔊

  broom

  11 strokes

• 彘zhì🔊

  swine

  12 strokes

• 汇huì🔊

  variant of 匯|汇[hui4]

  HSK 4

  13 strokes

• 彛yí🔊

  variant of 彝[yi2]

  16 strokes

• 彝yí🔊

  (archaic) wine vessel

  18 strokes

• 彟huò🔊

  see 武士彠|武士彟[Wu3 Shi4 huo4]

  19 strokes