黍

黍 U+9ECD, 黍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ECD
← 黌
[U+9ECC]
CJK Unified Ideographs 黎 →
[U+9ECE]
⿉ U+2FC9, ⿉
KANGXI RADICAL MILLET
← ⿈
[U+2FC8]
Kangxi Radicals ⿊ →
[U+2FCA]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

黍 (Kangxi radical 202, 黍+0, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木人水 (HDOE), four-corner 20132, composition ⿳禾人氺)

  1. Kangxi radical #202, ⿉.

Derived characters

  • Appendix:Chinese radical/黍
  • 潻, 𧑓, 𧬠, 𪏦, 㓿, 𨞃, 𬓸, 𩁄, 𪆜, 𪒚, 𧒁, 𩡠, 𮫑, 𪋩, 𪎭

References

  • KangXi: page 1517, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47991
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2049, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4759, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9ECD

Chinese

trad. 黍
simp. # 黍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黍
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructed Old Chinese *nhaʔ and compared it to Tibetan ནས་ (nas, “barley”). STEDT sets up this provisional root Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nas (“Highland barley”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • sē̤ - vernacular;
  • sṳ̄ - literary.
Note:
  • sé/sóe - vernacular;
  • sú - vernacular (俗, Quanzhou);
  • sír/sú/sí - literary.
Note:
  • su2 - literary;
  • siu2 - vernacular.

Rime
Character 黍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 舒吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ɕiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
syu2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 黍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ syoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-tʰaʔ/
English Panicum miliaceum, glutinous

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 黍
Reading # 1/1
No. 11800
Phonetic
component
黍
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljaʔ/

Definitions

黍

  1. proso millet (Panicum miliaceum) (esp. glutinous varieties, but also generic[1])
  2. (dialectal Min Dong, Putian Min) sorghum
  3. (Leizhou Min) corn; maize

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 黍子 (shǔzi)
  • 黍稷
  • 黍米 (shǔmǐ)
  • 黍苗
  • 黍谷生春
  • 黍醅
  • 故宮禾黍/故宫禾黍
  • 殺雞炊黍/杀鸡炊黍
  • 殺雞為黍/杀鸡为黍
  • 縱黍尺/纵黍尺
  • 范張雞黍/范张鸡黍
  • 鉅黍/巨黍
  • 雞黍/鸡黍 (jīshǔ)
  • 雞黍之約/鸡黍之约
  • 黍離/黍离 (shǔlí)
  • 黍離麥秀/黍离麦秀

References

  1. Francesca Bray, "Millet cultivation in China: a historical survey," Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 28(3): 291-307, 1981.

Japanese

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
黍
きび
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Kanji

黍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. millet

Readings

  • Go-on: しょ (sho)
  • Kan-on: しょ (sho)
  • Kun: きび (kibi, 黍)

Pronunciation

Noun

黍(きび) • (kibi) 

  1. proso millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Korean

Hanja

黍 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

黍: Hán Nôm readings: thử

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