shù
standing (something) up
Depicts a hand (寸) cultivating a tree (木). The sound component 豆 was added later.
Components
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
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