sù
unhusked millet
Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 角 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 粟
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
poppy | ||
grain | ||
corn | ||
Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander | ||
a drop in the ocean (idiom) |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[s]ok | sjowk | sù | grain (rice or millet) in husk |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2883rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+7C9F |
Shuowen | “（粟），嘉穀實也。从，从米。孔子曰：‘粟之為言續也。’，籀文。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.562
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