簋

A container for grain used in ritual contexts. The material varies by the prestige of the setting: woven bamboo or wood in rustic or early contexts, and cast-bronze in formal temple settings or high-state ancestral rituals (e.g., //Zhou Li//, //Li Ji//). It specifically holds grains such as rice (米) or broomcorn millet (黍).

Specifically liturgical/ceremonial; distinct from utilitarian transport or storage containers such as 筐 (kuāng) or 籠 (lóng). In ritual offerings, it is frequently paired with the 鼎 (dǐng), which holds meat and stews.

Semantic variants include U+23A95 and U+23A98.

Composed of the elements 禾 (grain) and 皿 (dish/container).

When numbers are associated with this glyph in ritual law, they often serve as coded signals for the social rank of the practitioner or the ancestor being honored rather than simple quantities.