薛稷
Xuē Jì

Xue Ji

薛 xuē kind of marsh grass

A kind of bitter 辛 grass 艹

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
丿
丿 Meaning component
piě, yì line
㠯
㠯 Meaning component
yǐ by means of
辛
辛 Meaning component
xīn laborious

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

孽蘖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjets.ŋatspec. of plant; (place name)
Zhengzhangsŋed

Sources

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

稷 jì, zè god of cereals

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk

grain

畟
畟 Sound component
cè, jì plough

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsik[ts]əkmillet (Setaria italica)
Zhengzhangsklɯɡ
Unicodetziək

說文解字

𪗉也。五穀之長。从禾畟聲。

Sources

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