unhusked millet

A millet plant  bearing grain 

Components
覀 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

west

米 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

rice

Evolution

粟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
粟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

unhusked millet; grain; millet; goose pimples

 

surname Su

Most common words with 粟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

罂粟

poppy

grain

粟米

corn

粟裕

Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander

沧海一粟

a drop in the ocean (idiom)

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)