grain

Origin & mnemonic

This radical represents a stylized depiction of grain or rice plants, derived from ancient pictographic forms. It originates from oracle-bone script and evolved through historical writing systems to denote food crops and cereal grains.

Mnemonic: Picture a simple grain stalk with a stem and grain clusters arranged above—that is the shape of this radical.

• 稛kǔn🔊

  full

  13 strokes

• 稞kē🔊

  (wheat)

  13 strokes

• 禀bǐng🔊

  to make a report (to a superior)

  13 strokes

• 稠chóu🔊

  dense

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 稲dào🔊

  variant of 稻[dao4]

  14 strokes

• 稳wěn🔊

  settled; steady; stable

  HSK 4

  14 strokes

• 稨biǎn🔊

  see 稨豆[bian3 dou4]

  14 strokes

• 穊jì🔊

  dense

  14 strokes

• 谷gǔ🔊

  grain

  15 strokes

• 稿gǎo🔊

  manuscript

  15 strokes

• 稼jià🔊

  to sow grain

  15 strokes

• 䅵zhuó🔊

  chaff

  15 strokes

• 稷jì🔊

  millet

  15 strokes

• 稹zhěn🔊

  to accumulate

  15 strokes

• 稻dào🔊

  paddy

  15 strokes

• 稽jī🔊

  (bound form) to examine; to check (against records)

  15 strokes

• 穆mù🔊

  solemn

  16 strokes

• 穄jì🔊

  (millet)

  16 strokes

• 穈mén🔊

  porridge

  16 strokes

• 穋lù🔊

  late-planted early-ripening grain

  16 strokes

• 稣sū🔊

  archaic variant of 蘇|苏[su1]

  16 strokes

• 颖yǐng🔊

  head of grain

  16 strokes

• 穑sè🔊

  gather in harvest

  16 strokes

• 穞lǚ🔊

  wild grain

  17 strokes

• 穗suì🔊

  ear of grain

  17 strokes

• 穜tóng🔊

  early-planted late-ripening grain

  17 strokes

• 穟suì🔊

  ear of grain

  17 strokes

• 获huò🔊

  (literary) to catch; to capture

  HSK 4

  18 strokes

• 穮biāo🔊

  to weed

  20 strokes

• 穯sè🔊

  old variant of 穡|穑[se4]

  20 strokes

• 穰ráng🔊

  abundant

  22 strokes