稲

See also 稻

Translingual

Han character

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

1. rice growing in field, rice plant

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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Japanese

Etymology 1

Possibly from shine. See Etymology 2 for more details.

Noun

稲 (hiragana いね, romaji ine)

1. rice (a plant)

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”).

Noun

稲 (hiragana しね, romaji shine)

1. rice

Kanji

稲 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: とう (tō)
• Kun: いね (ine)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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