稻 dào rice plant
rice plant; rice growing in the field
怎么记住“稻”: 禾 grain + 舀 scoop out = rice plant. In the flooded paddy the old farmer checks the young grain and stops to scoop out extra water from around each rice plant.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
稻 = 禾 grain + 舀 scoop out
- 禾 grain meaning
- 舀 scoop out sound
In the flooded paddy the old farmer checks the young grain and stops to scoop out extra water from around each rice plant.
How it came to be
The grain gives the meaning and the sign for scooping gives the sound.
用法
- Rice plant/paddy rice: 水稻 (shuǐdào) paddy rice (the growing plant), 稻田 (dàotián) a rice field.
- 稻 is the plant in the field; 米 (mǐ) is the harvested raw grain; 饭 (fàn) is cooked rice.
- 稻草 (dàocǎo) = rice straw; 稻草人 = a scarecrow.
- 稻谷 (dàogǔ) = unhusked rice grains.