稼
to sow grain; (farm) crop
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,499 U+7A3C
How 稼 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
禾 (semantic, “grain”) + 家 (phonetic, jiā)
How to remember it
crops · Heisig RSH #2011
wild rice + flophouse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 家
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 家 (jiā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家 sound component | jiā | house, home, residence; family |
| 嫁 | jià | to marry, to give a daughter in marriage |
| 镓 | jiā | gallium |
Words containing 稼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庄稼活儿 | zhuāng jia huó r | farm work |
| 庄稼户儿 | zhuāng jia hù r | erhua variant of 莊稼戶|庄稼户[zhuang1 jia5 hu4] |
| 庄稼人 | zhuāng jia rén | (coll.) farmer |
| 庄稼地 | zhuāng jia dì | crop land; arable land |
| 庄稼汉 | zhuāng jia hàn | peasant; farmer |
| 庄稼户 | zhuāng jia hù | wealthy farmer; landlord |
| 庄稼 | zhuāng jia | farm crop |
| 稼穑 | jià sè | (literary) sowing and reaping; farm work |