稞
kē

grain ready for grinding

Grain 禾 bearing fruit 果; 果 also provides the pronunciation

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
果
果 SoundMeaning component
guǒ fruit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰloːl
ɡroːlʔ

說文解字

穀之善者。从禾果聲。一曰無皮穀。

Sources

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