Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

稔: harvest, ripen

JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 念 is drawn in

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ネンnen · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 稔性ねんせいfertility (esp. of plants)
  • 不稔性ふねんせいinfertility (esp. of plants)

みのりminori · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 藤稔ふじみのりfujiminori (grape variety)

Also read ジン, ニン, みのる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
稔 harvest · 禾
vs捻 twirl · 扌
稔 has 禾 where 捻 has 扌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · rěn

Same form: 稔 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
稔 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
稔 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin rěn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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