稙

稙 · zhī

grain ready for grinding

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhī
Cantonese
zik6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

grain ready for grinding

Dictionary definitions & readings

稙 zhí · early-planted crop

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42611.100:zhì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1482.030:zhī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
475.170:zhī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhī粵zik6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
チョク ショク チキ ジキ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
직:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
竹力 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HDJBM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2491.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0855.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
525.15 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0919b Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7A19
Radical
禾 · 115
Strokes
13
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7539

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

13 strokes
稙
Strokes
13
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

13 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
trik · 竹力 · 曾開三入蒸知 · #3696

PHONO-ML, source line 19294; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
993.601
kDaeJaweon
1280.130
kGSR
0919b
kHanYu
42611.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
1280.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42611.100
kIRGKangXi
0855.080
kKangXi
0855.080
kMorohashi
25119
kSBGY
525.15
kSMSZD2003Index
486.10
kCangjie
HDJBM
kFourCornerCode
2491.6
kMojiJoho
MJ019091
kPhonetic
171
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AJKP
kIRG_GSource
G3-5C24
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DEF9
kIRG_JSource
J0-6346
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-EAF2
kIRG_KSource
K0-7242
kIRG_TSource
T2-455F
kRSUnicode
115.8
kTotalStrokes
13
kBigFive
DEF9
kCCCII
22686F
kCNS1986
2-455F
kCNS1992
2-455F
kEACC
2E686F
kGB3
6004
kJis0
6738
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7539
kTaiwanTelegraph
4459
kXerox
276:156
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5913+115.5.8 V+13572+115.5.8
kCantonese
zik6
kDefinition
grain ready for grinding
kFanqie
竹力
kHangul
직:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42611.100:zhì
kJapanese
チョク ショク チキ ジキ
kJapaneseKun
HAYAI TANE
kJapaneseOn
CHOKU SHOKU CHIKI
kKorean
CIK
kMandarin
zhī
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhī粵zik6
kTGHZ2013
475.170:zhī
kXHC1983
1482.030:zhī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 稙0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
禾 beside 直 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰禾直$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰禾直$(GHTJKP)

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