黍 · shǔ

millet

Radical pronunciation

Radical summary

#202

Kangxi

12

Strokes

#152

Frequency

Visual hint

A glutinous millet plant with heavy grain: an upright plant stroke and drooping ears — an ancient sticky grain.

Suggests glutinous millet, ancient grains, millet wine, or something sticky.

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黍

1 examples

黍

shǔ

glutinous millet

HSK 6

Millet radical. Found in 黍 (glutinous millet), 稷 (millet/grain deity).

Glutinous millet bowing golden: sticky grain clustered together — raw material for traditional wine for millennia.

禾: 黍 is specifically glutinous millet; 禾 is common rice/grain — both grain plants but different species.

What radical is this: 黍?