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稷
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god of cereals

HSK 10
Nature →Plants
jì
ショク
きび
직
Components
禾 standing grain+ 畟 plough =
稷 god of cereals
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
grain
畟 Phonetic component
cè plough
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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 Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
稷
Regular
Modern
Chinese
稷 [jì]
millet; God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers; minister of agriculture
Japanese
黍 、 稷 きび 、 きみ (old) 、 キビ 同音
noun usually kana (common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (6)
社稷 [shè​jì] #26,329
state
稷山县 [Jì​shān​xiàn] #55,491
Jishan county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[Yùn​chéng], Shanxi
稷山县 [Jì​shān​xiàn] #55,491
Jishan county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[Yùn​chéng], Shanxi
稷山 [Jì​shān] #57,433
Jishan county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[Yùn​chéng], Shanxi
匡扶社稷 [kuāng​fú​shè​jì]
(of states within the nation) to support the ruler in governing the country
薛稷 [Xuē​Jì]
Xue Ji (649-713), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Táng​chū​Sì​Dà​jiā]
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
黍 [きび] #80,515
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum)
社稷 [しゃしょく] #91,264
state
粛慎 [しゅくしん]
Sushen (ancient ethnic group of people who lived in northeastern China)
KOREAN WORDS (1)
사직
political realm