Chinese symbol for “legumes”
菽
shū
legumes (peas and beans)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for legumes is 菽 (shū), defined as: legumes (peas and beans).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 菽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不辨菽麦 (不辨菽麥) | bù biàn shū mài | lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters |
| 布帛菽粟 | bù bó shū sù | (lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom); (fig.) food and clothing; daily necessities |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.