秧

sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry; (dialect) to raise; to cultivate (plants or animals)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

禾 (semantic, “rice”) + 央 (phonetic, yāng)

components: 禾央

youngling · Heisig RSH #2724

wild rice + 央 center

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 央

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 央 (yāng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
央 sound component	yāng	central; to beg; to run out
英	yīng	petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English
映	yìng	to project; to reflect; to shine
盎	àng	pot, cup, bowl; abundant
殃	yāng	misfortune, disaster, calamity
鞅	yāng	the strap over a horse's neck
鸯	yāng	female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
泱	yāng	great, expansive; agitated
怏	yàng	discontented, dispirited, sad

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
西方秧鸡	xī fāng yāng jī	(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)
长脚秧鸡	cháng jiǎo yāng jī	(bird species of China) corn crake (Crex crex)
普通秧鸡	pǔ tōng yāng jī	(bird species of China) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus)
白喉斑秧鸡	bái hóu bān yāng jī	(bird species of China) slaty-legged crake (Rallina eurizonoides)
白眉秧鸡	bái méi yāng jī	(bird species of China) white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea)
红腿斑秧鸡	hóng tuǐ bān yāng jī	(bird species of China) red-legged crake (Rallina fasciata)
病秧子	bìng yāng zi	(dialect) sickly person
蓝胸秧鸡	lán xiōng yāng jī	(bird species of China) slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus)
秧子	yāng zi	sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry; (…
秧歌剧	yāng ge jù	Yangge opera, a rural form of theater
秧田	yāng tián	rice seedling bed
秧歌	yāng ge	Yangge, a popular rural folk dance
秧苗	yāng miáo	seedling; (esp.) rice seedling
拔秧	bá yāng	to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
插秧	chā yāng	to transplant rice seedlings