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粟

sù

Character

What 粟 means

1. millet
2. (metonym) grain

Other readings

粟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Sùsurname Su

Words starting with 粟

• 粟裕Sù YùSu Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander
• 粟子sù zi(dialect) millet
• 粟米sù mǐcorn; maize (dialect)

Words containing 粟

• 罂粟yīng sùpoppy
• 包粟bāo sù(dialect) corn; maize
• 脱粟tuō sùgrain kernel (after threshing and winnowing)
• 起粟qǐ sùto get goose bumps
• 布帛菽粟bù bó shū sù(lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom); (fig.) food and clothing; daily necessities
• 沧海一粟cāng hǎi yī sù(lit.) one grain floating on the ocean (idiom); (fig.) a drop in the ocean
• 苞粟bāo sùvariant of 包粟

Characters built on 覀

These share the phonetic component 覀 (), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 覆fùto cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 贾gǔmerchant; to buy

Characters that look like 粟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 集jíto gather; to collect; collected works
• 策cèpolicy; plan; scheme
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 巢cháonest
• 葱cōngscallion; green onion
• 萸yúused in 茱萸

Sounds the same

Read sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诉to complain; to sue; to tell
• 速fast; rapid; quick
• 塑to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 素raw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 宿lodge for the night; old; former
• 肃respectful; solemn; to eliminate
• 溯to go upstream; to trace the source
• 夙morning; early; long-held
• 愫guileless; sincere
• 簌used in 簌簌
• 嗉the crop of a bird
• 僳used in 傈僳