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秭
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one thousand millions

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
zǐ
シ
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 𠂔 represents the sound.
Components
禾 standing grain+ 𠂔 to stop =
秭 one thousand millions
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
𠂔 Phonetic component
zǐ to stop
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Notes
Similar Characters
兼 double利 profit委 committee年 year朵 flouds秀 elegant秉 wield秊 harvest-year (archaic)秋 autumn稟 report to (trad)穆 reverent囷 round-shaped storage bin季 seasons犂 plow (iii)禿 bald (trad)私 private秃 bald (simp)秆 grain (simp)种 race (simp)科 department
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
秭
Regular
Modern
Chinese
秭 [zǐ]
billion
Japanese
秭 し 同音
numeric rare 10^24; septillion
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (4)
秭归 [Zǐ​guī] #45,825
Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[Yí​chāng], Hubei
秭归 [Zǐ​guī] #45,825
Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[Yí​chāng], Hubei
秭归县 [Zǐ​guī​Xiàn] #49,084
Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[Yí​chāng], Hubei
秭归县 [Zǐ​guī​Xiàn] #49,084
Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[Yí​chāng], Hubei