穡 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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sè

farm

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 嗇 represents the sound.

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé

grain stalk

嗇 Sound component

sè

stingy

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sè

farm, harvest grain; stingy; gather in harvest

Most common words with 穡

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	穑	gather in harvest
	稼穑	farm work

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*s.rək	srik	sè	reap

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4068th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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