gǔ
corn
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 㱿 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 穀
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
grain | ||
canyon | ||
valley | ||
Bangkok, capital of Thailand | ||
valley |
Sources