Taxonomy of meanings for 粟:　　

  • 粟 sù (OC: soɡ MC: siok) 相玉切 入 廣韻：【同粟見説文 】
  • 粟 sù (OC: soɡ MC: siok) 相玉切 入 廣韻：【禾子也淮南子曰昔蒼頡作書而天雨粟又姓袁紹魏郡太守粟舉相玉切七 】
    • MILLET
      • nmunhusked millet; generally: what is kept in the lín 廩 or cāng 倉 'granaries', grain, cereal
    • GRAIN
      • TRESH
      • COLD?? (Gänsehaut)
      • SMALL
        • FOOD
          • FEED
            • vtoNfeed grain to (horses etc)
          • SALARY
            • SURNAMES

              Additional information about 粟

              說文解字:

                Criteria
              • MILLET

                Sù 粟 is the most common word for foxtail millet (Setaria italica), and it refers to it as a food and grain.

                Liáng 粱 is a fine millet grain.

                Hé 禾 is 1) a term for foxtail millet (Setaria italica) as one regards the form of a plant. 2) a specific word for a stalk of millet.

                Pēi 秠 refers to a kind of dark millet (Panicum miliaceum) with two grains in one husk.

                Jì 稷 is an ancient specific term for foxtail millet (Setaria italica), having the religious nuance.

                Shǔ 黍 is a general term for millet of Panicum miliaceum kind.

                Lù 稑 refers to foxtail millet (Setaria italica) which is sewn late and ripe early.

                Qǐ 芑 is a word for a fine millet grain used in antiquity.