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Usage of the character 粟

[粟]
  • millet
  • (metonym) grain
[粟]
  • surname Su
sùzi
粟子
[粟子]
  • (dialect) millet
sùmǐ
粟米
[粟米]
  • corn
  • maize (dialect)
Sù Yù
粟裕
[粟裕]
  • Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander
tuōsù
脱粟
[脫粟]
  • grain kernel (after threshing and winnowing)
bāosù
苞粟
[苞粟]
  • corn
  • maize
bāosù
包粟
[包粟]
  • corn
  • maize
yīngsù
罂粟
[罌粟]
  • poppy
qǐsù
起粟
[起粟]
  • to get goose bumps
cānghǎiyīsù
沧海一粟
[滄海一粟]
  • a drop in the ocean (idiom)
bùbóshūsù
布帛菽粟
[布帛菽粟]
  • cloth, silk, beans and grain
  • food and clothing
  • daily necessities
gǔlìfūsù
股栗肤粟
[股慄膚粟]
  • with shuddering thighs and skin like gooseflesh (idiom)