purchase grains

A house  where grain  is stored

Components
入 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

enter

米 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

rice

Evolution

籴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
籴 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
籴 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
籴 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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purchase grains; store grain; buy up (grain)