excessively thin

Depicts long rows of grain ().

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk
Meaning component
grain stalk

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːɡ

說文解字

《說文》:“秝,稀疏適也。从二禾。讀若歷。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.577-578
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica