粟
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millet; (metonym) grain
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 米 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 粟
- Common rank
- #3,055
- Unicode
- U+7C9F
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 粟
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沧海一粟 | (lit.) one grain floating on the ocean (idiom); (fig.) a drop in the ocean | |
| 粟子 | (dialect) millet | |
| 起粟 | to get goose bumps | |
| 包粟 | (dialect) corn; maize | |
| 粟米 | corn; maize (dialect) | |
| 脱粟 | grain kernel (after threshing and winnowing) | |
| 粟裕 | Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander | |
| 布帛菽粟 | (lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom); (fig.) food and clothing; daily necessities | |
| 苞粟 | variant of 包粟[bao1 su4] | |
| 罂粟 | poppy |
Sound family
These characters use 粟 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粟 sound part | oats, millet, barley | |
| 僳 | The Lisu tribe |