⽲

grain

hé (he2)

Radical no. 115 · 5 strokes (第 115 部首 · 5 画 dì 115 bùshǒu · 5 huà)

Radical ⽲ (hé) — meaning: grain, 5 strokes.

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.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

55 characters

Stroke count

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Sort

Stroke count (default)FrequencyHSK levelRandom
  • 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

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.