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.

• 秀xiù🔊

  (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful

  7 strokes

• 私sī🔊

  personal

  7 strokes

• 秃tū🔊

  bald (lacking hair or feathers)

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 秆gǎn🔊

  stalks of grain

  8 strokes

• 籼xiān🔊

  long-grained rice

  8 strokes

• 秉bǐng🔊

  to grasp

  8 strokes

• 秒miǎo🔊

  second (unit of time)

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 种zhǒng🔊

  seed

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 科kē🔊

  branch of study

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 秋qiū🔊

  used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

  9 strokes

• 秏hào🔊

  variant of 耗[hao4]

  9 strokes

• 秕bǐ🔊

  grain not fully grown

  9 strokes

• 秬jù🔊

  black millet

  9 strokes

• 秭zǐ🔊

  billion

  9 strokes

• 称chēng🔊

  to weigh

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 租zū🔊

  to hire

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 秤chèng🔊

  steelyard balance; Roman balance

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 秦Qín🔊

  surname Qin

  10 strokes

• 积jī🔊

  to amass; to accumulate; to store up

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 秘mì🔊

  variant of 秘[mi4]

  10 strokes

• 秚bàn🔊

  old variant of 拌[ban4]

  10 strokes

• 秜ní🔊

  self-sown rice

  10 strokes

• 秠pī🔊

  (millet)

  10 strokes

• 秣mò🔊

  feed a horse with grain

  10 strokes

• 秧yāng🔊

  sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling

  10 strokes

• 秩zhì🔊

  (literary) salary according to rank

  10 strokes

• 秫shú🔊

  broomcorn millet (Panicum spp.)

  10 strokes