懂中文 Dong Chinese

粕

pò

lees

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

Components
米 meaning component

米  Meaning component

mǐ

  

rice

白 sound component

白  Sound component

bái

  

white

Evolution

粕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
粕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

粕  

pò

lees, dregs, sediments left after distilling liquor; grains in distilled liquor

Most common words with 粕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

粕

grains in distilled liquor

糟粕

dross

去其糟粕

to remove the dross