稻

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paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

禾 meaning “grain” + 舀 sound ( yǎo )

Components 禾舀

unhulled rice · Heisig RSH #2963

wild rice + scoop

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
早稻田大学	Zǎo dào tián Dà xué	Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)
稻城县	Dào chéng Xiàn	Daocheng, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 z…
稻草人	dào cǎo rén	scarecrow
救命稻草	jiù mìng dào cǎo	(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
压死骆驼的最后一根稻草	yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo	the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom); the final straw
再生稻	zài shēng dào	ratoon rice; rice plants that regrow from stubble after the first harvest, yielding a seco…
稻子	dào zi	rice (crop); unhulled rice
水稻	shuǐ dào	rice; paddy; CL:株[zhu1]
稻城	Dào chéng	see 稻城縣\|稻城县[Dao4 cheng2 Xian4]
稻作	dào zuò	rice cultivation
稻草	dào cǎo	rice straw
稻荷寿司	dào hè shòu sī	inarizushi (pouch of fried tofu typically filled with rice)
稻米	dào mǐ	rice (crop)
稻田	dào tián	paddy field; rice paddy
稻田苇莺	dào tián wěi yīng	(bird species of China) paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
稻谷	dào gǔ	unhusked rice; paddy
早稻	zǎo dào	early season rice; rice at transplanting or still unripe
稻浪	dào làng	rice field rippling in the wind
稻苗	dào miáo	rice seedling
捞稻草	lāo dào cǎo	(fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation); to take advantage of the situation (unscrupul…

Characters sharing the sound component 舀 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
舀 sound part	yǎo	to ladle out; to scoop
蹈	dǎo	to dance, to stamp the feet
韬	tāo	sheath, scabbard, bow case
滔	tāo	torrential, rushing, overflowing