The Chinese Radical: 禾


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Meaning
grain    禾

Explanation Grain plant 木 with a spike ノ of grain

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
harmony, peace, together with, Japan
hé, hè, huó, hú
Left: rice plant 禾, right: mouth 口
Who has rice (plants) in his mouth is: in harmony.  
HSK 1
to rent, to hire, to charter, to lease out

Left: rice plant 禾, right: furthermore, and 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
The rice plants, moreover, are needed for the rent.  
HSK 3
to cultivate, seed, breed, species, to grow, race
zhǒng, zhòng
Left: rice plant 禾 and: 'middle/center' 中
The rice plant comes from the center (land of the middle = China), where it was cultivated.  
HSK 3
fragrant, aromatic, savory or appetizing
xiāng
Top: rice plant 禾, below: sun 日
Rice plants in the sun spread a fragrance.  
HSK 3
autumn, fall, harvest time
qiū
Left: rice plant 禾 (here: straw), right: fire/to burn 火
Rice plants (= their straw) are burned: in autumn.  
HSK 3
season, period, the last month of a season

Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
Rice plants and children develop with the seasons.  
HSK 4
branch of study, division, rules, laws

Left: rice plant 禾, right: measure of volume 斗 (1 Dou = 10 l; stylized ladle with sth. in it)
How rice plants are measured is taught in this branch of study.  
HSK 4
favorable, profit, interest, to benefit, sharp (knife)

Left: rice plant 禾, right: knife 刂
(Harvesting rice plants with a knife is favorable and brings profit.  
HSK 4
outstanding, excellent, handsome, graceful
xiù
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view)
Rice plants as big as a pregnancy belly are: outstanding!  
HSK 4
to take advantage of, use means (i.e.transportation), multiplication
chéng
Top: rice plant 禾 (Here: tree 木 with shade-giving canopy 一), middle: north 北 (2 people 丬,匕 sit back-to-back because it is cold in: the north.)
When the two people lean against the shade-giving tree, they: take advantage of it.  
HSK 4
somewhat, a little, a bit
shāo
Left: rice plant 禾, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
All rice plants are alike, at least somewhat a little bit.  
HSK 4
regulation, rule, order, procedure
chéng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: to submit, petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
Rice plants for the mouth of the king: This is the regulation!  
HSK 4
to remain, to be left, to have as remainder
shèng
Left: to use, take advantage of 乘 (When the two people 丬,匕 lean against the shade-giving 一 tree 木, they: are using it.), right: to cut/knife刂
When using a knife, there are always remainders.  
HSK 4
second (of time)
miǎo
Left rice plant 禾, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
(To plant a) rice plant you need as little as one second.  
HSK 4
to accumulate, to amass, to store, multiplication(math)

Left: rice plant 禾, right: alone 只 (one mouth 口 of eight 八 is just alone.)
Where rice plants are alone, you should accumulate (cultivate) them.  
HSK 5
to move, to shift, to change, to alter, to remove

Left: rice plant 禾, right: many 多 (2 x evening 夕)
Rice plants are many, so we can shift them, when we move.  
HSK 5
secret, secretary

Left: rice plant 禾, right: certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!)
(They are so fructuous) Rice plants certainly have a secret!  
HSK 5
double, twice, combined, simultaneous
jiān
A hand /ヨ holding two rice plants 禾 (cf. grasp 秉)
A hand is holding two rice plants double / combined.  
HSK 5
appellation, to name, suitable, balanced, to weigh
chèn, chēng, chèng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: thus, therefore 尔 (A horizontal person 人 is small 小 => small person.)
"Like a rice plant": For a small person this can be an appellation.  
HSK 5
taxes, duties
shuì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 a money transfer takes place)
For the rice plants my elder brother makes a money transfer as taxes.  
HSK 5
order, orderliness
zhì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
Rice plants were lost, we need more order!  
HSK 5
personal, private, selfish

Left: rice plant 禾, right: nose 厶
Next to the rice plant with the nose: that's me.  
HSK 5
stable, settled, firm, reliable
wěn
Left: rice plant 禾, right: urgent, pressing 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand 彐 to heart 心, because he was in a hurry.
When the rice plants grow quickly, (the business) is stable and settled.  
HSK 5
to entrust, to accumulate, committee member
wēi, wěi
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: woman 女
Rice plants can women be entrusted.  
HSK 5
to penetrate, to pass through, soak, thoroughly
tòu
Left: movement 辶, right: excellent 秀 (Grain plants 禾 big as a plump pregnancy belly 乃: excellent!)
This movement was excellent and penetrating.  
HSK 6
rare, uncommon, watery, sparse

Left: rice plant 禾, right: seldom, sparse 希 (A cross-stitch 㐅 in cloth 布 is seldom.) [cloth 布 = A hand is holding a cloth 巾]
Rice plants that are seldom, are (really): rare.  
稿
HSK 6
manuscript, draft, sketch
gǎo
Left: rice plant 禾, right: high/tall 高 (guard tower)
(Making paper with long plant's fibers:) Rice plants that grew high were used for manuscripts.  
HSK 6
clever, gifted, new and original, head of grain
yǐng
Top: a short while ago 顷 (sitting person 匕, head 页/頁), below left: rice plant 禾
It sits on the rice plant the spike (="the grain's head"), which is considered: "clever and gifted".  
HSK 6
bald, blunt

Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: table 几
The rice plant is placed on the table (for peeling / cleaning) until it is bald.  
HSK 6
rice (Oraza sativa), paddy
dào
Left: rice plant 禾, right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
It comes from the rice plant and the hand puts it (for processing) into the mortar: The rice.  
HSK 6
infantile, young
zhì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: bird 隹
The grain and the bird are still infantile.  
HSK 6
sow grain
jià
Left: rice plant 禾, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 is a personal pig 豕)
The rice plants for the household need to be sowed.  
HSK 6
mold, mildew, germ, bacteria, fungus
jūn, jùn
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 囷 (enclosure 囗, rice plant 禾)
Plants enclosed like this rice plant will be affected by mold.  
HSK 6
dense, crowded, thick, viscosity
chóu
Left: rice plant 禾, right: circumference 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference.)
Where there are rice plants, the circumference is: densely (populated).  
HSK 6
steelyard, beam balance, Roman balance
chèng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: flat, equal 平 (image of a scales)
Rice plants are best to be weighted with a steelyard.  
no HSK
to grasp, to hold, to maintain
bǐng
Rice plant 禾 and hand
The rice plant has (by the hand) been grasped.  
no HSK
Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor
qín
Top: three 三 persons 人, bottom: rice plant 禾
Where three persons met at a rice plant arose the first dynasty, namely the Qin dynasty.  
no HSK
to inspect, to check, bow to the ground
jī, qǐ
Left: rice plant 禾, right: var. of dog 犬, purpose, aim 旨 (if sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has a purpose)
In the rice plants is a 'dog' for the purpose of inspecting.  
no HSK
to crumble, to collapse, to decline, decadent, dejected
tuí
Left: bald, blunt 秃 (The rice plants 禾 are placed on the table 几 (for peeling / cleaning) until they are bald.), right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The bald head has crumbled.  
no HSK
dirt, filth
huì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: years of age 岁 (Like a mountain 山, such (many) evenings 夕 are my years of life.)
The rice plants at the mountain at the evening are: dirty.  
no HSK
to revive, to rise again

Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: rice plant 禾
Fisch with rice plants is (enough for) for my revival.  
no HSK
to reach, utmost
zhēn
Left: arrive, reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.), right: Qin dynasty 秦 (Where three 三 persons 人 met at a rice plant 禾 arose the first dynasty, namely the Qin dynasty.)
When reaching them the three persons were at the rice plants, that were utmost.  
no HSK
ear of grain, fringe, tassel
suì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: favor, benefit 惠 (If a grid 二 is in front of the insect 虫, it is for the heart 心: a favor/benefit)
The rice plant gives its favor at the ear/spike of grain.  
no HSK
flaky pastry, crunchy, limp, soft, silky

Left: wine jar 酉, right: rice plant 禾
(The alcohol makes it ferment.) Some alcohol to the rice and you get a flaky pastry.  
no HSK
seedling, shoots, sprouts
yāng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)
The rice plants are centered (= in straight rows) when they are planted as: seedlings.  
no HSK
to palpitate, fearful, afraid, perturbed

Left: feelings 忄, right: season, period 季 (Rice plants 禾 and children 子 develop with the seasons.)
The feeling with periods is: the palpitating heart with fear.  
no HSK
cereal, grain


Image of an ear of grain  
no HSK
straw, stalks left after threshing
jiē
Left: rice plant 禾, right: happy 吉 (simplification of 'happy' 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
The rice plants make us happy, when they became straw.  
no HSK
solemn, reverent, calm

Left: rice plant 禾, right: variant of spring 原 (white 白water/river 川 (=小), hair 彡 (= three drops of water)
For the rice plants, a white river of three water-drops flows and it becomes: solemn.  
no HSK
'god of cereals', minister of agriculture

Left: rice plant 禾, right: 畟 (rice field 田, eight 八, [sitting] crossed legs 夂)
Rice plants on the field (thick like) eight crossed legs provides: the god of cereals  

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