禾 hé grain
grain; rice; plant
How it came to be
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
The oldest form is a plant stalk with its top bending over.
用法
- Standing grain / rice plants: 禾苗 (hémiáo) grain seedlings, 禾田 (hétián) rice fields.
- Mostly literary/agricultural. 锄禾日当午 (chú hé rì dāng wǔ), from a famous poem, evokes farmers toiling in the noon sun. Also a common character radical.
含“禾”的汉字
- 和 and
- 租 rent
- 种 kind
- 香 fragrant
- 秋 autumn
- 季 season
- 利 benefit
- 科 classification
- 程 process
- 积 store up
- 秀 elegant
- 乘 ride
- 稍 somewhat
- 剩 have as remainder
- 秒 second
- 梨 pear
- 私 personal
- 秘 secret
- 称 balanced
- 移 to shift
- 税 taxes
- 稳 steady
- 愁 anxious
- 秩 order
- 稻 rice plant
- 稼 crops
- 稿 draft
- 菌 mushroom
- 透 to pierce
- 颖 rice tassel
- 揪 to pinch
- 瞅 to see
- 秉 to grasp
- 秤 balance
- 秧 shoots
- 秽 dirty
- 稀 rare
- 稚 young
- 稠 crowded
- 稽 to examine