粟 (sù): surname Su, millet
粟 (sù) is a Chinese character meaning “millet.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 覀 (structural) and 米 (structural). It ranks #3700 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 粟 a millet plant 米 bearing grain 覀. Its radical form 米 (rice) appears in many related characters such as 粗 (cū, (of sth long) wide), 粉 (fěn, powder), 精 (jīng, essence).
Definitions
- surname Su
- millet
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA millet plant 米 bearing grain 覀
Decomposition: ⿱覀米 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罂粟noun | yīng sù | poppy |
| 粟米noun | sù mǐ | corn |
| 粟子noun | sù zi | (dialect) millet |
| 起粟 | qǐ sù | to get goose bumps |
| 沧海一粟phrase | cāng hǎi yī sù | (lit.) one grain floating on the ocean (idiom) |
| 包粟noun | bāo sù | (dialect) corn |
| 脱粟 | tuō sù | grain kernel (after threshing and winnowing) |
| 布帛菽粟phrase | bù bó shū sù | (lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom) |
| 苞粟 | bāo sù | variant of 包粟 |
| 粟裕 | sù yù | Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander |
粟 appears in 10 compound words: 30 as the first character, 70 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
老师教我们粟字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men Sù zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "粟."
根据碳氮硫稳定同位素的分析,先民食谱极为丰富,以粟黍农业为主,也摄入一定动物蛋白。
gēn jù tàn 氮 liú wěn dìng tóng wèi sù de fēn xī , xiān mín shí pǔ jí wéi fēng fù , yǐ Sù 黍 nóng yè wéi zhǔ , yě shè rù yī dìng dòng wù dàn bái .
According to analyses of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur stable isotopes, the diet of our ancestors was extremely varied, centered primarily on millet and sorghum agriculture, while also including some animal protein.
粟作农业到达成都平原后,呈现出由山地向平原腹地扩散的趋势。
Sù zuò nóng yè dào dá chéng dōu píng yuán hòu , chéng xiàn chū yóu shān dì xiàng píng yuán fù dì kuò sàn de qū shì .
After millet farming reached the Chengdu Plain, it began to spread from the mountainous areas into the interior of the plain.
邱建明指着图片说,光是谷物类,就有稻、麦、黍、粟、菽、麻籽等。
邱 jiàn míng zhǐ zhe tú piàn shuō , guāng shì gǔ wù lèi , jiù yǒu dào , mài , 黍 , Sù , 菽 , má zǐ děng .
Qiu Jianming pointed to the picture and said that among grains alone, there are rice, wheat, millet, sorghum, beans, and hemp seeds.
他希望通过这间书屋,让村民“汗滴禾下土”之余,得到“书中自有千钟粟”的另一种收获。
tā xī wàng tōng guò zhè jiān shū wū , ràng cūn mín hàn dī hé xià tǔ zhī yú , dé dào shū zhōng zì yǒu qiān zhōng Sù de lìng yī zhǒng shōu huò .
Through this bookhouse, he hopes that villagers will not only “sweat over the fields” but also reap another kind of reward—“a thousand bushels of grain lie within the pages of books.”
Character Family
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