稼

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to sow grain; (farm) crop

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

禾 meaning “grain” + 家 sound ( jiā )

Components 禾家

crops · Heisig RSH #2011

wild rice + flophouse

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
庄稼活儿	zhuāng jia huó r	farm work
庄稼户儿	zhuāng jia hù r	erhua variant of 莊稼戶\|庄稼户[zhuang1 jia5 hu4]
庄稼人	zhuāng jia rén	(coll.) farmer
庄稼地	zhuāng jia dì	crop land; arable land
庄稼汉	zhuāng jia hàn	peasant; farmer
庄稼户	zhuāng jia hù	wealthy farmer; landlord
庄稼	zhuāng jia	farm crop
稼穑	jià sè	(literary) sowing and reaping; farm work

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
家 sound part	jiā	house, home, residence; family
嫁	jià	to marry, to give a daughter in marriage
镓	jiā	gallium