The kanji 稲: meaning, readings and stroke order
稲
- Meaning
- rice plant
- On reading
- トウ tou
- Kun reading
- いね ine、いな* ina
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 禾 grain
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 稻
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cây lúa (đạo)
- Japanese
- いね。おこめの なる くさ。
- Korean
- 벼 (도)
- Chinese
- 稻子、水稻 (稻)
Readings, words and example sentences
トウ tou · on reading · less common
水稲
paddy rice (rice grown in water)
水稲の 育て方を 学びます。
We learn how to grow paddy rice.
いね ine · kun reading
稲
rice plant
秋に 稲を かります。
In autumn, people cut the rice.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.