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禾: grain; cereal

By June 25, 2015January 28th, 2021Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

禾 hé

radical 115
: grain still on stalk, cereal

Kun Reading

禾偏 | のぎへん nogihen

noun
: kanji “two-branch tree” radical at left (radical 115)

いね ine

On Reading

カ ka

 Usage:

禾苗 he2miao2: seedling (of rice or other grain)
禾場[场] he2chang2: threshing floor
禾稈[秆] he2gan3: straw
禾稻 he2dao4: paddy (rice)
禾穀[谷] he2gu3: cereal; good grain
 Etymology:


象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a top-heavy grain stalk.



“Grain” radical #115



 Look-alike:

tian1

: day; sky
 
[kun: あま ama, あめ ame. on: てん ten]

shi3

: arrow; dart
 
[kun: や ya, やがら yagara, やじり yajiri. on: シ shi]

shi1

: to lose, to miss, to fail
 
[kun: うせる useru, うせろ usero, うしなう ushinau, なくす nakusu. on: しつ shitsu, itsu]

fu1 | fu2

: husband; man
: (classical) this, that, he, she, they
 
[kun: つま tsuma; おっと otto, それ sore. on: フ fu, フウ fuu, ブ bu]

zhu1

: vermillion | cinnabar
 
[あか aka, あけ ake, あかい akai. on: しゅ shu]

xian1

: first; former; previous
 
[kun: さき saki, さきに sakini, さきんじる sakinjiru, まず mazu. on: せん sen]



 Examples:
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Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary