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.

• 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