jí, bī
one grain
Pictograph of a vessel for food.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
(~1200 - 221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʰaŋ | xjang | xiāng | fragrance |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+7680 |
Shuowen | “皀,穀之馨香也。象嘉穀在裹中之形,匕所以扱之。或說,皀,一粒也。又讀若香。” |
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