稲
稲 — Rice plant
rice plant
On’yomiトウ (tou)
On’yomiテ (te)
Kun’yomiいね (ine)
Kun’yomiいな- (ina)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 稲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稲 | いね ine | rice plant (Oryza sativa) |
| 稲作 | いなさく inasaku | rice cultivation; rice crop |
| 稲妻 | いなずま inazuma | lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt |
| 水稲 | すいとう suitou | wet-land rice |
| 稲田 | いなだ inada | paddy field; rice field |
| 稲穂 | いなほ inaho | ear (head) of rice |
Study notes
稲 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1038 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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