禾
(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,742 U+79BE
How 禾 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A plant stalk with a sagging head
How to remember it
standing grain · Heisig RSH #762
— as a component also called: wild rice
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 禾 as their sound component
These characters all use 禾 (hé) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禾 sound component | hé | cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk |
| 和 | hé | harmony, peace; calm, peaceful |
| 麇 | jūn | hornless deer; to collect; to band together |
| 藒 | qiè | an aromatic herb |
| 嵇 | jī | a mountain in Henan; surname |
Words containing 禾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乌尔禾区 | Wū ěr hé Qū | Orku, a district of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 禾本科 | hé běn kē | Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family |
| 禾木科 | hé mù kē | gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice) |
| 乌尔禾 | Wū ěr hé | see 烏爾禾區|乌尔禾区[Wu1 er3 he2 Qu1] |
| 嘉禾县 | Jiā hé Xiàn | Jiahe, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 禾场 | hé cháng | threshing floor |
| 禾草 | hé cǎo | grass |
| 禾谷 | hé gǔ | cereal; food grain |
| 爪哇禾雀 | Zhǎo wā hé què | (bird species of China) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) |
| 禾苗 | hé miáo | seedling (of rice or other grain); CL:棵[ke1] |
| 嘉禾 | Jiā hé | see 嘉禾縣|嘉禾县[Jia1 he2 Xian4] |
| 柴禾 | chái hé | plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) |
| 禾稻 | hé dào | paddy (rice) |
| 柴禾妞 | chái hé niū | (dialect) country girl; unsophisticated girl |
| 禾秆 | hé gǎn | straw |