酥

sū
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flaky pastry, crunchy, limp, soft

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

酥 joins 酉, an alcohol container, with 禾 grain. Those parts suggest food made from milk, and it first meant a butter from cow or goat milk. That grew to 'limp, soft' and then 'flaky, crisp pastry'.

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Homophones

苏sū
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
苏sū
used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1su1]

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