稍
shāoshào HSK5

little

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Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsraewH[s](ˤ)rew-s rations

說文解字

《說文》：“稍，出物有漸也。从禾，肖聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)