穡
sè

farm

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

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
嗇
嗇 SoundMeaning component
stingy

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsriks.rək reap

說文解字

《說文》：“穡，穀可收曰穡。从禾，嗇聲。”

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)

穑 sè farm Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 啬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 穡.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
啬
啬 Sound component
sè stingy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode