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啬

sè

stingy

Simplified form of 嗇. Pictograph of wheat (麥) being stored in a granary (㐭). Based on the original meaning "harvest; hoard". The meaning later shifted to "stingy".

Components
麦 iconic,remnant component

麦  Iconic Remnant component

mài

  

wheat

㐭 iconic component

㐭  Iconic component

lǐn

  

granary

Evolution

啬 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
啬 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
啬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
啬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
啬 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
啬 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

啬 (嗇) 

sè

miserly, thrifty, stingy; stopped up, constipated; stingy

Most common words with 啬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

吝啬

stingy

吝啬鬼

miser

啬

stingy

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

蔷 穑 樯 嫱

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

墙

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.3295% of movies

3318th most common character in movies

3860th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

嗇

Unicode

U+556C


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