禾 — Chinese character
禾
hé
cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
- Pinyin
- hé
- Radical
- 115 ⽲ (Grain)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 丿 木
- Formation
- pictographic — A plant stalk with a sagging head
- Japanese
- 禾 as a kanji
Common words with 禾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禾本科 | hé běn kē | Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family |
| 禾草 | hé cǎo | grass |
| 禾苗 | hé miáo | seedling (of rice or other grain); measure word: 棵 (kē) |
| 柴禾 | chái hé | plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) |
| 禾场 (禾場) | hé cháng | threshing floor |
| 禾秆 (禾稈) | hé gǎn | straw |
| 柴禾妞 | chái hé niū | (dialect) country girl; unsophisticated girl |
| 禾木科 | hé mù kē | gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice) |
| 禾稻 | hé dào | paddy (rice) |
| 禾谷 (禾穀) | hé gǔ | cereal; food grain |
禾 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 3
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