稔
rěn

ripe grain

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

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
念
念 Sound component
niàn think of, ready

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagartnyimXnimʔharvest, year
Zhengzhangnjɯːm

說文解字

穀孰也。从禾念聲。《春秋傳》曰：“鮮不五稔。”

Sources

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