rice

Origin & mnemonic

This radical derives from a pictographic representation of rice grains in oracle-bone and seal-script forms. It depicts grain or rice, a staple cereal crop.

Mnemonic: The rice radical resembles neatly arranged grain kernels with vertical and horizontal strokes.

• 米mǐ🔊

  uncooked rice

  HSK 2

  6 strokes

• 籴dí🔊

  to buy up (grain)

  8 strokes

• 籵fán🔊

  dm

  8 strokes

• 籹nǚ🔊

  cakes of rice-flour and honey

  9 strokes

• 籸shēn🔊

  crushed grain

  9 strokes

• 籼xiān🔊

  long-grained rice

  9 strokes

• 籽zǐ🔊

  seed (of a plant)

  9 strokes

• 粀zhàng🔊

  decameter (old)

  9 strokes

• 粁qiān🔊

  kilometer

  9 strokes

• 粄bǎn🔊

  (Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc)

  10 strokes

• 粉fěn🔊

  powder

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 粑bā🔊

  a round flat cake (dialect)

  10 strokes

• 粔jù🔊

  cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings

  10 strokes

• 粘zhān🔊

  to glue; to paste

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 粗cū🔊

  variant of 粗[cu1]

  HSK 4

  11 strokes

• 粒lì🔊

  grain; granule; pellet; particle

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 粕pò🔊

  grains in distilled liquor

  11 strokes

• 粚chī🔊

  old variant of 黐[chi1]

  11 strokes

• 粜tiào🔊

  to sell (grain)

  11 strokes

• 粝lì🔊

  coarse rice

  11 strokes

• 粥zhōu🔊

  congee

  HSK 6

  12 strokes

• 粪fèn🔊

  manure

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 粞xī🔊

  ground rice

  12 strokes

• 粟sù🔊

  millet

  12 strokes

• 粢zī🔊

  common millet

  12 strokes

• 粤Yuè🔊

  Cantonese

  12 strokes

• 粨bǎi3mi🔊

  (old) contracted variant of 百米[bai3 mi3]

  12 strokes

• 粩lāo🔊

  a traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc

  12 strokes

• 粬qū🔊

  variant of 麴|曲[qu1]

  12 strokes

• 粮liáng🔊

  grain

  13 strokes

• 粰fū🔊

  variant of 稃[fu1]

  13 strokes

• 粱liáng🔊

  sorghum

  13 strokes

• 粲càn🔊

  beautiful

  13 strokes

• 粳jīng🔊

  round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice)

  13 strokes

• 精jīng🔊

  essence

  HSK 6

  14 strokes

• 粿guǒ🔊

  rice cake (typically made with glutinous rice flour and steamed)

  14 strokes

• 粹cuì🔊

  pure

  14 strokes

• 粼lín🔊

  clear (as of water)

  14 strokes

• 粽zòng🔊

  rice dumplings wrapped in leaves

  14 strokes

• 糁sǎn🔊

  to mix (of powders)

  14 strokes

• 糊hú🔊

  congee

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 糅róu🔊

  mix

  15 strokes

• 糆miàn🔊

  variant of 麵|面[mian4]

  15 strokes

• 糇hóu🔊

  dry provisions

  15 strokes

• 糈xǔ🔊

  official pay

  15 strokes

• 糌zān🔊

  used in 糌粑[zan1 ba5]

  15 strokes

• 糍cí🔊

  used in 糍粑[ci2 ba1] and 糯米糍[nuo4 mi3 ci2]

  15 strokes

• 糔xiǔ🔊

  to wash (rice etc)

  15 strokes