name
archaic

Meaning of

稷 means an ancient cereal crop (millet or glutinous millet); god of grains; spirit of agriculture. Pronounced jì.

  • an ancient cereal crop (millet or glutinous millet)
  • god of grains; spirit of agriculture
  • surname Ji

Character Info

Radical
Strokes15

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

 
Shī
Jīng
 
zhōng
cháng
dào
shǔ
děng
nóng
zuò
 

The 'Book of Songs' often mentions crops like millet and ji.

dài
wéi
zhòng
yào
de
liáng
shi
 

In ancient times, ji was an important grain crop.

Relations

Measure Words

/ zhǒng
Primary
/ zhū