Memory phrase for the Kanji: 穀

穀

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Meaning cereals, grain

Pronunciation

KOKU

Explanation

Left: samurai 士, cover 冖, rice plant 禾, right: 殳 (weapon 几 [battle axe] in a hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
The samurai protects (= covers) the rice plants with the weapon in his hand and also other cereals and grains.

Radicals

士 SamuraiNot mistake with earth, ground: 土
禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The ripe grain of rice has this radical: 米.
殳 Hand with axeThe Radical rumata shows a hand 又 with an axe .
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 Vocabulary

穀物 こくもつ  grain, cereal, corn
脱穀 だっこく  threshing (e.g. rice)
雑穀商 ざっこく･しょう  cereal dealer
禾穀 かこく  rice; grains, cereals

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