farm

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
禾 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

grain stalk

啬 sound component

  Sound component

  

stingy

Evolution

穑 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
穑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
穑 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
穑 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
穑 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

farm, harvest grain; stingy; gather in harvest

Most common words with 穑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

gather in harvest

稼穑

farm work