粟
sùSù

unhusked millet

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 角 represents the sound.

Components

角
角 Sound component
jiǎo, jué horn

Modern form looks like unrelated 覀.

Change in sound
米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

僳

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjowk[s]ok grain (rice or millet) in husk

說文解字

《說文》：“（粟），嘉穀實也。从，从米。孔子曰：‘粟之為言續也。’，籀文。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.562
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)