粟

See also: 栗

粟 U+7C9F, 粟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C9F ← 粞 [U+7C9E] CJK Unified Ideographs 粠 → [U+7CA0]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

粟 (radical 119 米+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田火木 (MWFD), four-corner 1090₄, composition ⿱覀米)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 908, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26922
• Dae Jaweon: page 1334, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3146, character 17
• Unihan data for U+7C9F

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		粟

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (粟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
粟	*soɡ
憟	*soɡ

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sù (su⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹
• Min Nan (POJ): siok / chhiak / chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: su⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suh
    • IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹
    • Yale: sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok
    • Tâi-lô: siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak
    • Tâi-lô: tshiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek
    • Tâi-lô: tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/

Note:

• siok - literary;
• chhiak/chhek - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /sɨok̚/▼

Rime
Character	粟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/siok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suawk̚/
Li Rong	/siok̚/
Wang Li	/sĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	su

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[s]ok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*soɡ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	粟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sù
Middle Chinese	‹ sjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ok/
English	grain (rice or millet) in husk
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	粟
Reading #	1/1
No.	12111
Phonetic component	粟
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	粟
Old Chinese	/*soɡ/

DefinitionsEdit

粟

1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
2. grains in general
3. (Cantonese) Short for 粟米 (“corn; maize”).
4. (Min) paddy; unhulled rice
5. A surname​.

SynonymsEdit

Dialectal synonyms of 穀子 (“foxtail millet (plant or unhulled grain)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		粟、禾、嘉穀、稷
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		粟
Taxonomic name		粟
Mandarin	Beijing	穀子
	Harbin	穀子
	Jinan	穀子
	Muping	穀
	Luoyang	穀子
	Jiedian	穀
	Xi'an	穀子
	Xining	穀子
	Xuzhou	穀子
	Yinchuan	穀子
	Lanzhou	穀子
	Wuhan	粟穀 grain
	Chengdu	小米
	Guiyang	小米
	Yangzhou	穀子
	Nanjing	小米
	Hefei	穀子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	狗尾粟、粟
	Yangjiang	狗尾粟、粟仔
Hakka	Meixian	粟仔、黃粟仔、狗尾粟
	Yudu	狗尾粟、貓尾粟、黃粟
Huizhou	Jixi	粟 plant、粟穀 grain
Jin	Taiyuan	穀子、穀
	Xinzhou	穀
Min Bei	Jian'ou	蘆粟、狗尾粟
Min Dong	Fuzhou	秮、犬尾秮
Min Nan	Xiamen	黍仔
	Chaozhou	秮
Pinghua	Nanning	粟禾
Wu	Suzhou	粟
	Wenzhou	粟米
	Chongming	小米
	Danyang	小米
	Jinhua	粟兒 plant、粟穀 grain

CompoundsEdit

• 一絲半粟／一丝半粟
• 不食周粟
• 包粟 (bāosù)
• 千鍾粟／千钟粟
• 厲兵粟馬／厉兵粟马
• 天粟馬角／天粟马角 (tiānsùmǎjiǎo)
• 太倉一粟／太仓一粟
• 宍粟 (Ròusù)
• 寒粟子
• 寸絲半粟／寸丝半粟
• 尺寸斗粟
• 尺布斗粟
• 布帛菽粟 (bùbóshūsù)
• 廩粟／廪粟
• 斗粟囊金
• 斗粟尺布

• 杯水粒粟
• 滄海一粟／沧海一粟 (cānghǎiyīsù)
• 粟仔
• 粟帛 (sùbó)
• 粟特 (Sùtè)
• 粟米 (sùmǐ)
• 粟米草
• 粟粉 (sùfěn)
• 粟紅貫朽／粟红贯朽
• 粟陳貫朽／粟陈贯朽
• 粟飯／粟饭 (sùfàn)
• 粟鳥仔／粟鸟仔
• 納粟／纳粟
• 練兵積粟／练兵积粟
• 罌粟／罂粟 (yīngsù)

• 罌粟花／罂粟花
• 義粟仁漿／义粟仁浆
• 脫粟／脱粟
• 菽粟 (shūsù)
• 蘆粟／芦粟
• 論貴粟疏／论贵粟疏
• 貫朽粟紅／贯朽粟红
• 貫朽粟腐／贯朽粟腐
• 貫朽粟陳／贯朽粟陈
• 起粟
• 金粟 (jīnsù)
• 金粟箋／金粟笺
• 金粟蘭／金粟兰
• 鈿粟／钿粟
• 飛芻輓粟／飞刍輓粟

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

粟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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ReadingsEdit

• Goon: そく (soku)
• Kan’on: しょく (shoku)
• Kan’yōon: ぞく (zoku)
• Kun: あわ (awa, 粟); もみ (momi, 粟)

EtymologyEdit

Kanji in this term
粟
あわ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Proto-Japonic *àpá (“millet”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly from Proto-Altaic *àrp`á (“barley, millet”). Compare Turkish arpa (“barley”), Mongolian арвай (arvaj, “barley”).

NounEdit

粟 (hiragana あわ, katakana アワ, rōmaji awa)

1. foxtail millet

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

粟 • (sok) (hangeul 속, revised sok, McCune-Reischauer sok, Yale sok)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

粟 (thóc, túc)

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