漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
稲: rice plant
JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
禾 carries the meaning · ⺤ and 旧 are drawn in
14 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 水稲すいとうwet-land rice
いねine · kun'yomi · on its own
- 稲いねrice-plant
- 稲刈りいねかりrice reaping
いな-ina- · kun'yomi
- 稲作いなさくrice crop
- 稲穂いなほear of rice
- 稲妻いなづまlightning
- 稲光いなびかりlightning
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 稲荷いなりInari shrine
- 早稲田わせだWaseda (place name)
Also read テ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 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
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺤
Also built on ⺤
旧
Also built on old times (旧)
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 稻 · dào
稲 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 稻 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 稻 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 稻 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dào 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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