糗
qiǔ

parched wheat or rice

Rice 米 that stinks 臭; 臭 also provides the pronunciation

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
臭
臭 SoundMeaning component
chòu smell

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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 Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰluʔ
Unicodekiǒu

說文解字

𤎅米麥也。从米臭聲。

Sources

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