穜

Information about character(s)

Radical: 禾
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 17

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tóng, zhòng, zhǒng
Cantonese: tung4 zung3
JapaneseKun: OKUTE
JapaneseOn: TOU ZU SHOU SHU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: rice

CE-Dict: early-planted late-ripening grain

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《禾部》穜埶也。从禾童聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【禾字部】穜
【廣韻】【正韻】徒紅切【集韻】【韻會】徒東切，𠀤音同。穜稑。詳稑字註。　又【廣韻】直容切【集韻】【韻會】傳容切，𠀤音重，亦書作重。【詩·豳風】黍稷重穋。　【正字通】按毛詩重穋，重讀平聲，不借用種穜。自說文以禾从重者爲重穋之重，禾从童者爲蓺種之穜，後人因襲不改，陸德明又从而傅會之。究其義則種爲蓺植，讀若衆。爲穀種，讀若腫。如大雅生民：誕降嘉種，種之黃茂。分上去二聲是也。不必泥說文種爲先穜後熟，穜爲蓺也。詳見種字註。