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穀 — kanji meaning “cereals”

cereals, grain

Meanings
cereals, grain
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
14
School grade
6
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1744 of 2,500
Classical radical
115
Chinese reading
gǔ — Chinese character page

Words with 穀

WordReadingMeaning
こくもつ kokumotsugrain; cereal; corn
こくるい kokuruigrains
こくそう kokusougranary
べいこく beikokurice
ざっこく zakkokuassorted grains; cereals
だっこく dakkokuthreshing (e.g. rice)
ごこくほうじょう gokokuhoujouhuge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop
ごこく gokokuthe five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
ごくつぶし gokutsubushigood-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat
こくう kokuu"grain rain" solar term (approx. April 20)
しんこく shinkokunew grain
きゅうこく kyuukokuthe nine grains

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.