Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

穣: good crops, prosperity

Also: 10**28

JLPT N118 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 㐮 is drawn in

18 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 穣じょう10^28; ten octillion
  • 豊穣ほうじょうabundant (grain) crop; good harvest
  • 五穀豊穣ごこくほうじょうhuge harvest (of the five grains)

Also read わら, ゆたか, 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
穣 good crops · 禾
vs壌 lot · 土
穣 has 禾 where 壌 has 土.
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · ráng

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin ráng 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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