Zi:术
术 [shù] (F術) skill (艺术 yìshù ‘art’, 技术 ‘technique’) [zhú] (F朮) (草名) 𦬸; 术/朮酒 [shú] 秫; (姓); (HDC:) 术术, 术甲, 术虎 [chù] (HDC:) 术悐 [suì] (F術)
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►⁵shù 术[術] {E} b.f. ①art ►měishù 美术 ②skill; technique ►¹jìshù 技术 ③technical; specialized ►¹shùyǔ 术语 ④method; tactics ►zhànshù 战术
►⁹zhú 术[朮/𦬸/𦸇] char. ►báizhú 白术 ►cāngzhú 苍术 ►ézhú 莪术 ►zhújiǔ 术酒
The character 术 (5 strokes) is an old form of the character 秫 shú ‘sorghum’, later re-used as the simple form of the full-form character 術 (11 strokes) in which it is the central component; cf. 術.
Note: Today mainly 术/術 shù ‘skill/art’; today wr. 术 in simple-form texts, also wr. 朮 (Big5); the component of 术 seems to be 木 (mù) ‘tree/wood’ (or 𣎳 pìn), but the old forms were different (see below); the shape 木() mù (草木 ‘plant’) in modern 术 is also seen in the old and modern forms of 禾() hé ‘grain/cereal’.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 术(朮秫) shú ‘sorghum’ is said to depict the sorghum grain plant, modifying 𣎳(𣎵) bèi ‘sprouting/thriving plants’ by bending over the top (heavy grain/seed head) and adding a dot to signify a grain; glutinous sorghum, skillfully planted/tended/harvested/cooked/brewed; the main SW form 秫() adds the radical 禾 (hé) ‘grain/cereal’; cf. 秫.
Compare: 麻(⿇) má ‘hemp’; 林(𣏟) pài ‘bundles of hemp’; 𣎳(𣎵) bèi ‘sprouting/thriving plants’.
HDZ: 术 : shú : 秫: 黏谷子 (SW: cf. 秫); (姓) • zhú : (草名) 𦬸 (白术, 苍术; 莪术, cf. 莪, 蒁 shù) • shù : (简体) 術
►references: Wieger:45j; Karlgren:AD903; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1152.2; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:013.0.05; Wáng(1993):127; EDOC:0
►components: 木丶𣎳
►Cantonese: seuht-
Shuōwén: (朮)
<cdl char='术' uni='672F'>
<comp char='木' uni='6728' variant='2' points='0,0 128,128' />
<stroke type='d' points='93,0 110,20' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='木' uni='6728' variant='2'>
<comp char='十' uni='5341' variant='7' points='4,0 124,128' />
<stroke type='p' points='64,40 0,110' head='corner' tail='long' />
<stroke type='n' points='70,40 128,110' head='cut' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='十' uni='5341' variant='7' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='h' points='0,40 128,40' />
<stroke type='s' points='64,0 64,128' />
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<!-- variant based on [U+ED32](V=2) -->
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+672F
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