Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 12 Radical: 米 Structure: 上下结构
Pinyin: zī Zhuyin: ㄗ Yueping: ji1 Guangdong: ji1
Minnan: chu Chaozhou: Tang:
Stroke order:
Words:俸粢明粢牲粢粝粢粢盛粢粝粢糈粢醍粢食粢饭絜粢
Idioms:粝粢之食
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: grain offered in ritual sacrifice; millet
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: zī
Zhuyin: ㄗ
(形声。从米,次声。本义:古代供祭祀用的谷物)
稷,即谷子 粢,稷米也。——《玉篇》
又如:粢粝(粗劣的饭食)
特指祭祀用的谷物 。如:粢食(古代祭祀时用的以黍、稷所作的饭食);粢盛(古代盛在祭器内以供祭祀的谷物)
谷类的总称 上帝之粢盛于是乎出。——《国语》