穡

See also: 穑

穡 U+7A61, 穡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A61 ← 穠 [U+7A60] CJK Unified Ideographs 穢 → [U+7A62]

Translingual

Han character

穡 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹木土人田 (HDGOW), four-corner 2496₁, composition ⿰禾嗇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 860, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25325
• Dae Jaweon: page 1287, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2634, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7A61

Chinese

trad.		穡
simp.		穑
alternative forms		⿰禾𭍠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 穡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
濇	*srɯb, *srɯɡ
嗇	*srɯɡ
穡	*srɯɡ
薔	*zaŋ, *srɯɡ
轖	*srɯɡ
繬	*srɯɡ
嬙	*zaŋ, *srɯɡ
懎	*srɯɡ

Characters in the same phonetic series (嗇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *srɯɡ): semantic 禾 (“cereal; grain”) + phonetic 嗇 (OC *srɯɡ). Specialization of 嗇 (OC *srɯɡ).

Etymology 1

Probably related to 采 (OC *s.r̥ˤəʔ, “to pluck”) (Baxter, 1992; Sagart, 1999; Baxter and Sagart, 2014). See there for more.

Schuessler (2007) compares it to Proto-Lolo-Burmese *C-šak (“to pluck; to pick (a fruit, etc.)”), as well as Khmer ច្រូត (crout, “to reap; to harvest”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	穡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所力切
Baxter	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	穡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sè
Middle Chinese	‹ srik ›
Old Chinese	/*s.rək/
English	reap
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	穡
Reading #	1/1
No.	10993
Phonetic component	嗇
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	色
Old Chinese	/*srɯɡ/
Notes	嗇轉註字

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sè (se⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sik¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): set²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sêd⁵

• Northern Min (KCR): să̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): sáik
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sit / sek / siak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sè
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴
    • Yale: sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
    • Palladius: сэ (sɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: set²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /set̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sit
    • Hakka Romanization System: xid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sit̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɛt̚¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: să̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sáik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit
    • Tâi-lô: sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sid
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
    • Tâi-lô: sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
    • Tâi-lô: siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵/

Note:

• sit - vernacular;
• sek/siak - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq
    • MiniDict: seh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srik

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.rək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srɯɡ/

Definitions

穡

1. to harvest; to reap
2. ^† harvest; crops
3. ^† to plant crops; to cultivate; to work on a farm
4. ^† ear of grain
5. (literary or Hokkien) farming; farm labour
6. (Hokkien) work; labour (in general)
7. ^† to link together; to connect; to hook together

Compounds

• 不稼不穡 / 不稼不穑
• 作穡 / 作穑
• 作穡人 / 作穑人
• 作穡的 / 作穑的
• 做穡 / 做穑
• 力穡 / 力穑
• 務穡 / 务穑
• 包穡頭 / 包穑头
• 寶穡 / 宝穑
• 幼穡 / 幼穑
• 本穡 / 本穑
• 桑穡 / 桑穑
• 產穡 / 产穑
• 田穡 / 田穑
• 省穡 / 省穑
• 瞻蒲勸穡 / 瞻蒲劝穑
• 秋穡 / 秋穑
• 稼穡 / 稼穑 (jiàsè)
• 稷穡 / 稷穑
• 稼穡翁 / 稼穑翁
• 稼穡艱難 / 稼穑艰难
• 穡事 / 穑事
• 穡人 / 穑人
• 穡地 / 穑地
• 穡夫 / 穑夫
• 穡民 / 穑民
• 穡督 / 穑督
• 穡臣 / 穑臣
• 穡路 / 穑路
• 穡頭 / 穑头 (sit-thâu) (Min Nan)
• 穡養 / 穑养
• 粗穡 / 粗穑
• 耕穡 / 耕穑
• 蠶穡 / 蚕穑
• 貿穡 / 贸穑
• 貿穡路 / 贸穑路
• 農穡 / 农穑

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	穡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所力切
Baxter	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	穡
Reading #	1/1
No.	10993
Phonetic component	嗇
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	色
Old Chinese	/*srɯɡ/
Notes	嗇轉註字

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sè (se⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sè
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴
    • Yale: sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
    • Palladius: сэ (sɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srik

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*srɯɡ/

Definitions

穡

1. ^† Alternative form of 嗇 / 啬 (sè, “to cherish; to not waste”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	穡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所力切
Baxter	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	穡
Reading #	1/1
No.	10993
Phonetic component	嗇
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	色
Old Chinese	/*srɯɡ/
Notes	嗇轉註字

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sè (se⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sè
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴
    • Yale: sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
    • Palladius: сэ (sɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srik

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*srɯɡ/

Definitions

穡

1. ^† Alternative form of 㱇 (“anxious; distressed; sorrowful”)

Japanese

Kanji

穡

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. harvest

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょく (shoku)
• Kun: とりいれ (torīre)

Korean

Hanja

穡 • (saek) (hangeul 색, revised saek, McCune–Reischauer saek, Yale sayk)

1. farm, harvest grain
2. stingy

Vietnamese

Han character

穡: Hán Nôm readings: sắc

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