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Keyword
long-grained rice
  • non-glutinous long-grain rice
Frequency
#4745
Strokes
9
Readings
xiān
Mnemonic
米 (rice) gives the meaning and 山 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
籼xiān
long-grained rice; same as 秈
籼稻xiāndào
long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice)
籼米xiānmǐ
long-grained rice (Indian rice, as opposed to round-grained rice 粳米 (jīngmǐ))