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黍

shǔ

proso millet

Pictograph of a stalk of proso millet with drooping ears. The 氺 (water) component was added later to possibly indicate that this specific type of grain is used to brew wine.

Components
禾 iconic component

禾  Iconic component

hé

  

grain stalk

Depicts a proso millet plant with drooping ears.

氺 meaning component

氺  Meaning component

shuǐ

  

water

氺 is a component form of 水.

Evolution

黍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
黍 Bronze script Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)

Bronze script

Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)
黍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
黍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

黍  

shǔ

glutinous millet; KangXi radical number 202; broomcorn millet; proso millet

Most common words with 黍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

黍

broomcorn millet

玉蜀黍

corn

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

黎 黏

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-tʰaʔ

syoX

shǔ

Panicum miliaceum, glutinous


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5081st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+9ECD

Shuowen

“黍，禾屬而黏者也。以大暑而穜，故謂之黍。从禾，雨省聲。孔子曰：黍可為酒，禾入水也。”


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