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Kanji Detail for 穀 - "grain, cereal"

穀

  • Meaning

    穀 means "grain, cereal."

    1. Grain - Staple food crops like rice and wheat.

    2. Good - To make good; auspicious.

  • Words using 穀

    • 穀物 こくもつ Listen grain; cereal; corn
    • 米穀 べいこく Listen rice

  • Four-character idioms with 穀

    • 五穀豊穣 ごこくほうじょう Listen huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop

  • Tattoo check: 穀

    • Verified meaning: grain, cereal
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cereals; grain

  • Onyomi

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    koku(コク) コク

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    15 strokes

  • Radical

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    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    grain cereal good living nurturing barley bread corn crops flour food kernel millet oats paddy rice rye seed wheat

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