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穡
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穑
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farm

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
sè
ショク
색
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 嗇 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (穡)
禾 standing grain+ 嗇 thrifty =
穡 farm
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
嗇 Phonetic component
thrifty
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Simplified (穑)
禾 standing grain+ 啬 miserly =
穑 farm
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
啬 Phonetic component
sè miserly
miserly, thrifty
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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)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
穑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
穑 / 穡 [sè]
gather in harvest
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
稼穑 [jià​sè] #58,532
(literary) sowing and reaping
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
稼穡 [かしょく] #264,724
planting and harvesting