Pictograph of wheat (麥) being stored in a granary (㐭). Based on the original meaning "harvest; hoard". The meaning later shifted to "stingy".
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Historical Evolution
嗇
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
嗇
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
嗇
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
嗇
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
嗇
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
嗇
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
嗇
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
嗇
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
嗇
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
嗇
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
嗇
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
嗇
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
嗇
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
嗇
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
嗇
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
嗇
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
嗇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
啬 / 嗇 [sè]
stingy
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