稷

jì
  1. millet
  2. God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers
  3. minister of agriculture

CEDICT

  1. (historical) minister of agriculture
  2. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
  3. god of grain
  4. minister of agriculture

Wiktionary

  1. 古书上常见的穀类植物：(1)粟、小米。《尔雅．释草》：「粢，稷。」三国魏．孙炎．注：「稷，粟也。」(2)黍一类的作物。明．李时珍《本草纲目．卷一一．穀部．稷》：「稷与黍，一类二种也。黏者为黍，不黏者为稷。」(3)高粱。清．王念孙《广雅疏证．卷一○上．释草》：「稷穰谓之䅳。」疏证：「稷，今人谓之高粱。」
  2. 古人认为稷是百穀之长，所以称穀神为「稷」。
  3. 古代掌管农事的官。
  4. 姓。如汉代有稷嗣。

重編國語辭典

Containing this entry

社稷 shèjì
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  2. country
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稷山 Jìshān Jishan county in Yuncheng 运城 Yùnchéng, Shanxi
薛稷 Xuē Jì Xue Ji (649-713), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家 Tángchū Sì Dàjiā
后稷 Hòujì
柳枝稷 liǔzhījì
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