匊
jū

handful

A handful of rice 米 in a bowl 勹

Components

勹
勹 Meaning component
bāo wrap
米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

菊鞠掬麴踘

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

掬

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkluɡ

說文解字

在手曰匊。从勹、米。

Sources

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