Keyword
rice plant
- Frequency
- #1038
- Strokes
- 14
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 976
Readings
いな57%
いね29%
トウ14%
Mnemonic
A grain plant is clawed up from old times, and the farmer replants it in the paddy as a rice plant.
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Used in vocabulary
稲荷
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
Noun
晩稲
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
Noun
早稲
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
Noun