稼穑
jià​sè

farming

稼 jia sow grain

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 家 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
家
家 Sound component
jiā, jia house

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkæHkˤra-sgrain; sow (v.)
Zhengzhangkraːs

說文解字

禾之秀實爲稼，莖節爲禾。从禾家聲。一曰稼，家事也。一曰在野曰稼。

Sources

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

穑 sè farm Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 啬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 穡.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
啬
啬 Sound component
sè stingy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

穡 farm Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 嗇 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
嗇
嗇 SoundMeaning component
stingy

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsriks.rək reap

說文解字

《說文》：“穡，穀可收曰穡。从禾，嗇聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)