稻 (dào) — paddy (rice plant); unhusked rice grain
Definition
A formal/botanical word for the rice plant or unhusked grain (rice in the field, before harvest). In daily speech, learners will more often meet 米 (cooked/unhusked rice as food) and 水稻 (the cultivated rice plant).
noun
paddy (rice plant)unhusked rice grain
Measure word · 颗
Easily confused
- 蹈dǎolook-aliketo tread, to step on
- 到dàosound-alike(verb) to arrive at, to reach (a place or time)
- 滔tāolook-alike(morpheme in compounds) surging, torrential
- 道dàosound-alike(noun) road, path; principle, morality; method, skill; the Dao (of Daoism)
- 盗dàosound-aliketo steal, to rob, to plunder (formal; often used in compounds)
- 悼dàosound-aliketo mourn, to lament (formal, often used in compound words)
Examples
- 稻。Nóng mín zài tián lǐ zhòng dào.Farmers plant rice in the fields.
- 稻。Jīn nián dào de shōu cheng bǐ qù nián hǎo.This year's rice harvest is better than last year's.
- 稻。Zhè kuài dì shì hé zhòng dào.This piece of land is suitable for growing rice.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
稻 uses 禾, the grain plant, to show its meaning, and 舀 for its sound.
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