秸秆
jiē​gǎn

straw

秸 jiē stalks of millet

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 稭.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
吉
吉 Sound component
jí lucky

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkɛtkˤri[t]stalk of grain
Zhengzhangkriːl
kriːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

秆 gǎn straw Simplified

Dried 干 grain stalks 禾; 干 also provides the pronunciation

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
干
干 SoundMeaning component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkanXkˤa[r]ʔstraw of grain
Zhengzhangkaːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

稈 gǎn straw Traditional

Dried 旱 grain stalks 禾; 旱 also provides the pronunciation

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
旱
旱 SoundMeaning component
hàn drought

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːnʔ

說文解字

禾莖也。从禾旱聲。《春秋傳》曰：“或投一秉稈。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)