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稙

zhī
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (of a crop) sown early or ripening early

Examples

早种的玉米比晚种的先熟。
Zǎo zhòng de yùmǐ bǐ wǎn zhòng de xiān shú.
The early-sown corn ripens before the late corn.

Tips

history
稙 is an old agricultural term for an early-sown or early-ripening crop and is not used independently in modern Chinese, which says 早 plus 熟 instead. It is built on the grain radical 禾; it survives mainly in old farming texts and dialect.
register
Archaic and dialectal. 稙 is not part of standard modern vocabulary.

Components

radical
禾 hé
grain; standing crop
The 禾 'grain' radical ties 稙 to growing crops and is its indexing radical.
phonetic
直 zhí
straight; (here) phonetic
The 直 element supplies the sound for 稙; the tone has shifted slightly from the modern reading of the phonetic.

Stroke Order

稙 zhī