粟

See also: 栗

Translingual

Han character

粟 (radical 119 米+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田火木 (MWFD), four-corner 1090₄, composition ⿱覀米)

1. unhusked millet
2. grain

References

• KangXi: page 908, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26922
• Dae Jaweon: page 1334, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3146, character 17
• Unihan data for U+7C9F

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		粟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sù (su⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhek / siok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: su⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suh
    • IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹
    • Yale: sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek / siok
    • Tâi-lô: tshik / siok
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰɪk̚³²/, /ɕiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰɪk̚³²/, /ɕiɔk̚³²/
  • Note: chhek - vernacular, siok - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (粟, reconstructed)
Character (粟), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 燭 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 相玉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/sɨok̚/	/si̯wok̚/	/siok̚/	/siok̚/	/suawk̚/	/sĭwok̚/	/siok̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (粟, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
粟								sù								‹ sjowk ›								/*[s]ok/								grain (rice or millet) in husk
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
粟					12111					粟					屋					0					粟					/*soɡ/

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

粟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: そく (soku)
• Kan’on: しょく (shoku)
• Kan’yōon: ぞく (zoku)
• Kun: あわ (awa), もみ (momi)

Noun

粟 (hiragana あわ, katakana アワ, romaji awa)

1. foxtail millet

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Korean

Hanja

粟 (sok) (hangeul 속, revised sok, McCune-Reischauer sok, Yale sok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

粟 (thóc, túc)

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