■ radical

shù

to prop up

How it’s built

Depicts a hand (寸) cultivating a plant (屮). The sound component 豆 was added later.

屮

iconic

sprout — Depicts a plant sprouting up.

豆

sound

bean; (bowl) — The pronunciation of 尌 was similar to 豆 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

寸

iconic

inch; thumb; (hand) — Depicts a hand cultivating a plant.

Appears in

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

厨chúkitchen 廚chúkitchen 樹shùtree

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