稷 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jì

god of cereals

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé

grain stalk

grain

畟 Sound component

cè

plough

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jì

god of cereals; minister of agriculture; millet; God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers

Most common words with 稷

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	社稷	state
	稷	millet
	稷山县	Jishan county in Yuncheng 運城\|运城[Yùnchéng], Shanxi
	稷山	Jishan county in Yuncheng 運城\|运城[Yùnchéng], Shanxi

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ts]ək	tsik	jì	millet (Setaria italica)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3887th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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