禾

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(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop

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Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

A plant stalk with a sagging head

Components 丿木

standing grain · Heisig RSH #762

— as a component also called: wild rice

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
乌尔禾区	Wū ěr hé Qū	Orku, a district of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市\|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4], Xinjiang
禾本科	hé běn kē	Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family
禾木科	hé mù kē	gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice)
乌尔禾	Wū ěr hé	see 烏爾禾區\|乌尔禾区[Wu1 er3 he2 Qu1]
嘉禾县	Jiā hé Xiàn	Jiahe, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
禾场	hé cháng	threshing floor
禾草	hé cǎo	grass
禾谷	hé gǔ	cereal; food grain
爪哇禾雀	Zhǎo wā hé què	(bird species of China) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)
禾苗	hé miáo	seedling (of rice or other grain); CL:棵[ke1]
嘉禾	Jiā hé	see 嘉禾縣\|嘉禾县[Jia1 he2 Xian4]
柴禾	chái hé	plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
禾稻	hé dào	paddy (rice)
柴禾妞	chái hé niū	(dialect) country girl; unsophisticated girl
禾秆	hé gǎn	straw

These characters use 禾 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
禾 sound part	hé	cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
和	hé	harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
麇	jūn	hornless deer; to collect; to band together
藒	qiè	an aromatic herb
嵇	jī	a mountain in Henan; surname