秧
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sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry; (dialect) to raise; to cultivate (plants or animals)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 秧
- Common rank
- #2,755
- Unicode
- U+79E7
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 秧
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西方秧鸡 | (bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus) | |
| 长脚秧鸡 | (bird species of China) corn crake (Crex crex) | |
| 普通秧鸡 | (bird species of China) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus) | |
| 白喉斑秧鸡 | (bird species of China) slaty-legged crake (Rallina eurizonoides) | |
| 白眉秧鸡 | (bird species of China) white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea) | |
| 红腿斑秧鸡 | (bird species of China) red-legged crake (Rallina fasciata) | |
| 病秧子 | (dialect) sickly person | |
| 蓝胸秧鸡 | (bird species of China) slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus) | |
| 秧子 | sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry; (… | |
| 秧歌剧 | Yangge opera, a rural form of theater | |
| 秧田 | rice seedling bed | |
| 秧歌 | Yangge, a popular rural folk dance | |
| 秧苗 | seedling; (esp.) rice seedling | |
| 拔秧 | to pull up seedlings (for transplanting) | |
| 插秧 | to transplant rice seedlings |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 央 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 央 sound part | central; to beg; to run out | |
| 英 | petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English | |
| 映 | to project; to reflect; to shine | |
| 盎 | pot, cup, bowl; abundant | |
| 殃 | misfortune, disaster, calamity | |
| 鞅 | the strap over a horse's neck | |
| 鸯 | female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) | |
| 泱 | great, expansive; agitated | |
| 怏 | discontented, dispirited, sad |