Trace Panda

sè

miserly

How it’s built

Pictograph of wheat (麥) being stored in a granary. Based on the original meaning "harvest; hoard". The meaning later shifted to "stingy".

麥
iconic

wheat

◎
iconic

characterless component — Depicts a place for storing grain.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script
Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 嗇 as a component, most common first.

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