shú
glutinous variety of millet
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
shú
glutinous variety of millet; broomcorn millet (Panicum spp.); Panicum italicum; glutinous millet
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m.lut (~ *mə.lut) | zywit | shú | glutinous millet |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5884th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+79EB |
Shuowen | “秫，稷之黏者。从禾、术，象形。术，秫或省禾。” |
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