shūshú

younger of brothers

The smaller  of two brothers

Components

Meaning component
shàng, shang up
Meaning component
xiǎo small

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyuwks.tukpulse, beans
Zhengzhanghljɯwɢ

說文解字

豆也。象尗豆生之形也。凡尗之屬皆从尗。

Sources

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