稘:
1. Anciently the same as "期," meaning a year.
- "I see it does not reach again ~."
2. Grain stalks.
Noun: A cycle of time, synonymous with "期."
- From "Shuo Wen Jie Zi (说文解字).He Bu (禾部)": "稘, reviving its time. The Tang Dynasty Book states: '稘 has three hundred and six tens.'"
- Qing Dynasty scholar Duan Yucai noted: "Now it is all replaced with '期,' and '稘' has fallen into disuse with the regular passage of time."
3. Anciently the same as "萁," meaning the stem of legumes.