Memory phrase for the character: 稲

稲

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Meaning

rice plant

Pronunciation

 TŌ
ine, ina

Explanation

 Left: rice plant 禾, right: hand reaching down/harvesting 爫, past, old times 旧 (one 一 day 日 has passed.)

Mnemonic
 
Rice plants plucked by hand, these were in old days: the rice plants!

Radicals

禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The ripe rice-grain has this radical: 米.
爫 grap downwardsThe radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.
旧 past, old daysOne 一 day 日 has passed.
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 Vocabulary

稲 いね  rice-plant
稲光 いなびかり  (flash of) lightning

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