Chinese Character Wiki
毇

huǐ

to pound rice

Depicts using a tool (殳) to pound rice into flour (䊆).

Components
䊆 iconic component

䊆  Iconic component

jiù

  

rice flour

殳 iconic component

殳  Iconic component

shū

  

weapon or tool

Evolution

毇 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
毇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
毇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

毇  

huǐ

to pound or grind rice; a thick congee cooked from finely ground rice

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

毀 毁

Remnant component in 2 characters (2 verified)

毀 毁

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+6BC7

Shuowen

“毇，米一斛舂為八斗也。从，从殳。”


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