稲

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.2 Kanji 2.2.2.1 Readings 3 Korean 3.1 Hanja 4 Mandarin 4.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

稲 (radical 115 禾+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月中日 (HDBLA))

1. rice growing in field, rice plant

[edit] References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 856, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25187
• Dae Jaweon: page 1282, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2618, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7A32

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

Possibly from shine. See Etymology 2 for more details.

[edit] Noun

稲 (hiragana いね, romaji ine)

1. rice (a plant)

[edit] Etymology 2

Often found in compounds. The initial s- either represents epenthesis or, more likely, is a reflex of an older form of the word ine (“‘rice’”) maintained in fossilized compounds. See also harusame (“‘spring rain’”) and kosame (“‘light rain’”).

[edit] Noun

稲 (hiragana しね, romaji shine)

1. rice

[edit] Kanji

稲 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: とう (tō)
• Kun: いね (ine)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

稲 (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune-Reischauer to, Yale to)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

稲 (pinyin dào (dao4), jiū (jiu1), Wade-Giles tao⁴, chiu¹)