Ancient carved pictogram that became 禾

THE RADICAL SHED

The grain radical

Radical · crops, harvest, order

禾

A drooping rice plant. Autumn, harvests and things in neat rows.

14 of the 29 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

租B1
出租车chūzūchētaxi出租chūzūto rent out; for hire房租fángzūrent for housing租zūto hire
种B3
种zhǒngmeasure word for kinds and types; seed各种gèzhǒngall kinds of种zhòngto plant品种pǐnzhǒngbreed
秋B3
秋天qiūtiānautumn; fall
程B4
过程guòchéngprocess; course课程kèchéngcourse; curriculum程度chéngdùdegree程序chéngxùprocedure; process; (computer) program
科B4
本科běnkēundergraduate studies科技kējìscience and technology科学kēxuéscience; scientific高科技gāokējìhigh tech
积B4
积极jījíactive; positive积累jīlěito accumulate面积miànjīarea体积tǐjīvolume
稍B4
稍shāosomewhat稍微shāowēia little bit稍后shāohòuin a little while稍稍shāoshāosomewhat
秀B4
优秀yōuxiùoutstanding秀丽xiùlìpretty秀美xiùměielegant
秒B4
秒miǎosecond争分夺秒zhēngfēn-duómiǎoto race against time; to make every second
称B5
称chēngto weigh称chēngto weigh称为chēngwéito be called称赞chēngzànto praise
私B5
私人sīrénprivate隐私yǐnsīprivacy; private matters; secrets大公无私dàgōng-wúsīselfless私家车sījiāchēprivate car
移B5
移yíto move移动yídòngto move移民yímínto immigrate转移zhuǎnyíto shift
稳B5
稳定wěndìngsteady安稳ānwěnsteady沉稳chénwěnsteady平稳píngwěnsmooth
税B5
税shuìtaxes免税miǎnshuìto exempt from tax; tax-free; duty-free退税tuìshuìtax rebate or refund关税guānshuìcustoms duty
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