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Rice Plant
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingいね、いな
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 39

Meanings

  1. rice plantRtK
  1. rice plant (Oryza sativa)

Popular Usage

稲光

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · claw · vulture · old days · olden times · stick (丨) · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 976

Compound words

稲作いなさく
rice cultivation; rice crop
稲穂いなほ
ear (head) of rice
水稲すいとう
wet-land rice
占城稲せんじょうとう
Champa rice
稲妻いなずま
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
稲荷いなり
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes)
稲田いなだ
paddy field; rice field
稲刈りいねかり
rice reaping; rice harvesting
稲刈いねかり
rice reaping
稲苅いねかり
rice reaping
稲叢いなむら
stack of rice straw
稲熱いもち
rice blight
稲荷鮨いなりずし
inarizushi
稲苅りいねかり
rice reaping
稲熱病いもちびょう
rice blight
稲の螟虫いねのずいむし
striped stem borer larva
稲荷ずしいなりずし
inarizushi
稲荷寿司いなりずし
inarizushi
アフリカ稲アフリカいね
African rice
早稲田大学芸術学校わせだだいがくげいじゅつがっこう
Art and Architecture School of Waseda University
早稲田大学川口芸術学校わせだだいがくかわぐちげいじゅつがっこう
Kawaguchi Art School of Waseda University

Additional Examples

彼女は、早稲田大学に入学を許可された。
She was admitted to Waseda University.tatoeba
農夫達は稲を植えていた。
The peasants were planting rice.tatoeba
日本では稲作が高度に発達した。
Rice farming has been developed to a high degree in Japan.tatoeba
大きな木に稲妻が落ちた。
The big tree was struck by lightning.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Rice plant. Grain 禾 + a hand ⺤ over a mortar 旧 — rice ears gathered and husked.

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