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黍
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glutinous millet

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
shǔ
ショ
きび
서
Grain 禾 that can be fermented to make wine 氺
Components
禾 standing grain+ 人 person+ 氺 archaic variant o (alt) =
黍 glutinous millet
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
人 Meaning component
rén person
man
氺 Meaning component
archaic variant o (alt)
Notes
Similar Characters
年 year秊 harvest-year (archaic)兼 double利 profit委 committee朵 flouds秀 elegant秉 wield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
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)
Bronze
Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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 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)
黍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
黍 [shǔ]
broomcorn millet; glutinous millet
Japanese
黍 、 稷 きび 、 きみ (old) 、 キビ 同音
noun usually kana (common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
黍 きび
Kibi surname
CHINESE WORDS (4)
玉蜀黍 [yù​shǔ​shǔ] #48,302
corn
怪蜀黍 [guài​shǔ​shǔ]
see 怪叔叔[guài​shū​shu]
黍鹀 [shǔ​wú]
(bird species of China) corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)
黍鹀 [shǔ​wú]
(bird species of China) corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)
JAPANESE WORDS (16)
⭐ 玉蜀黍 [とうもろこし] #78,175
corn (Zea mays)
黍 [きび] #80,515
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum)
吉備団子 [きびだんご] #129,964
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama)
唐黍 [とうきび] #150,688
Indian millet
砂糖黍 [さとうきび] #158,576
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
きび砂糖 [きびざとう] #158,929
light brown sugar
蜀黍 [もろこし] #160,221
sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
トウモロコシ畑 [とうもろこしばたけ] #187,810
cornfield
高黍 [たかきび] #261,071
sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
黍魚子 [きびなご] #265,427
silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis)
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