How to Write 嗉 (sù) — Meaning “Bird's crop”

Imagine a bird eating grain; the food goes into a special sack in its throat. The left side 口 looks like a mouth, and the right side 素 resembles a bag with dots (like seeds). So you can remember that 嗉 is the bird's "sack" (sù) for storing food.

Write the left radical 口 first, making it small and positioned high. Then write the right component 素: start with the top 十, then the middle 糸, finishing with two small dots below. A common mistake is making the 口 too large or writing the 糸 part incorrectly; keep the whole character balanced with the left side narrower.

嗉 (sù) means bird's crop and uses 素 on the right. 㕡 is a very rare character (possibly a variant of 嗉 or related to a cave) and is almost never used in modern Chinese. 唪 (fěng) means to chant or recite, and its right side is 奉 (fèng), not 素; visually, 唪 has a different top component and no dots below like 嗉.

嗉 is a specialized character used mainly in biology or cooking to refer to a bird's crop. For example, 鸡嗉子 (jī sù zi) means chicken crop, which is sometimes eaten as a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. You might also encounter it in traditional Chinese medicine, where bird crops are used for certain remedies.

Common words containing 嗉 include: 嗉囊 (sù náng) — Crop (of a bird); 嗉子 (sù zi) — Bird's crop; 鸡嗉子 (jī sù zi) — Chicken crop.