Memory phrase for the character: 秧

秧

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Meaning seedling, shoots, sprouts

Pronunciation

yāng

Explanation

Left: rice plant 禾, right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)

Mnemonic
 
The rice plants are centered (= in straight rows) when they are planted as: seedlings.

Radicals

禾 grainGrain plant 木 with a spike ノ of grain
央 center, middleA big 大 person with a yoke 冂 that is central. Similar to 夬 which is understood as an "incomplete center".
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 Vocabulary

插秧 chā yāng  transplant rice seedlings
秧苗 yāng miáo  seedling
秧歌 yāng ge  Yangge, a popular rural folk dance
秧歌 yāng ge  

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