shū

菽

Character · NounTraditional尗

legumes; beans; ancient form of 菽

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

legumes; pulses; beans (general term)

archaic

Archaic character equivalent to 菽. Used in literary and classical contexts, particularly in the idiom 不辨尗麦 (unable to distinguish beans from wheat).

bù不
biàn辨
shū尗
mài麦

unable to distinguish beans from wheat (figurative: ignorant of basic common knowledge)

shū尗
sù粟

beans and grain; food staples

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cǐ此
shū尗
bǐ彼
shǔ黍

this beans and that millet (various crops)