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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

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

  1. rice growing in field, rice plant

References [edit]

  • 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

Japanese [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Possibly from shine. See Etymology 2 for more details.

Noun [edit]

(hiragana いね, romaji ine)

  1. rice (a plant)

Etymology 2 [edit]

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 [edit]

(hiragana しね, romaji shine)

  1. rice

Kanji [edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

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


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

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