jiùqiǔ

rice flour

Depicts rice () pounded into flour with a mortar () and pestle.

Components

Iconic component
jiù mortar
Iconic component
rice

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (1)

說文解字

《說文》:“,舂糗也。从臼、米。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica