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Kanji Detail for 禾 - "rice plant"

禾

  • Meaning

    禾 means "rice plant." Also associated with awn.

    1. Rice plant - Millet; straw; general term for grain.

    2. Awn - The fine bristles on grain heads.

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    • Verified meaning: rice plant
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read のぎ, ひいず)
    • Also carries these associations: awn

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 禾

    Given names 禾(ひいず)Listen

    Surnames 禾(のぎ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    two-branch tree radical (no. 115)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    grain still on stalk; rice plant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) grain plant; cereal crop

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ine(いね) いね

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    rice plant awn grain cereal agriculture crop cultivation farming harvest paddy straw millet

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