shù, zhú
glutinous millet
Original meaning:
glutinous millet
Depicts millet grain sticking to the hand. Based on the original meaning "glutinous millet", now written as 秫.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m.lut (~ *mə.lut) | zywit | zhú | glutinous millet |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Unicode | U+672E |
Shuowen | “秫，稷之黏者。从禾、术，象形。术，秫或省禾。” |
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