粢

粢 · zī

grain offered in ritual sacrifice; millet

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zī
Cantonese
zi1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

grain offered in ritual sacrifice; millet

Dictionary definitions & readings

粢 zī · common millet

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53148.040:zī,cí,jì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1528.110:zī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
491.080:zī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zī粵zi1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シ セイ ザイ しとぎ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
자:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
即夷 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IOFD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3790.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0908.290 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
052.31 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0555g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7CA2
Radical
米 · 119
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7418

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
粢
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 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
tsij · 即夷 · 止開三平脂精 · #148

PHONO-ML, source line 1257; 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
1026.201
kDaeJaweon
1334.230
kGSR
0555g
kHanYu
53148.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1334.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53148.040
kIRGKangXi
0908.290
kKangXi
0908.290
kMatthews
6926
kMeyerWempe
3531d
kMorohashi
26932
kSBGY
052.31
kSMSZD2003Index
511.01
kCangjie
IOFD
kFourCornerCode
3790.4
kMojiJoho
MJ019847
kPhonetic
160
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7452
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DAE7
kIRG_JSource
J0-6467
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-65C7
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A78
kIRG_TSource
T2-3E6B
kRSUnicode
119.6
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
DAE7
kCCCII
226F43
kCNS1986
2-3E6B
kCNS1992
2-3E6B
kEACC
226F43
kGB0
8450
kGB1
8450
kJis0
6871
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4726
kTGH
2013:7418
kTaiwanTelegraph
4726
kXerox
300:166
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6040+119.6.6
kCantonese
zi1
kDefinition
grain offered in ritual sacrifice; millet
kFanqie
即夷
kHangul
자:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53148.040:zī,cí,jì
kJapanese
シ セイ ザイ しとぎ
kJapaneseKun
KIBI
kJapaneseOn
SHI SEI
kKorean
CA
kMandarin
zī
kSMSZD2003Readings
zī粵zi1
kTGHZ2013
491.080:zī
kXHC1983
1528.110:zī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 粢0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱次米$(GHTJKP)

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