禾

See also: 夫, 末, 天, 未, and 夭
禾 U+79BE, 禾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79BE
← 禽
[U+79BD]
CJK Unified Ideographs 禿 →
[U+79BF]
⽲ U+2F72, ⽲
KANGXI RADICAL GRAIN
← ⽱
[U+2F71]
Kangxi Radicals ⽳ →
[U+2F73]

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)
0 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

禾 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹木 (HD), four-corner 20904, composition ⿱丿木 or ⿻千𠆢)

  1. Kangxi radical #115, ⽲.

Derived characters

  • Appendix:Chinese radical/禾
  • 𪜰, 咊, 姀, 𣲲, 𣍩, 柇, 𤖱, 𤤤, 𤱛, 𥿘, 𧖲, 𫌚, 訸, 酥, 鉌, 𩈒, 鞂, 𬰻, 𩡄, 𩲷, 𪌗, 𪗮, 龢, 利, 和, 𡬟, 𫚴, 龝
  • 𰀹, 㕿, 委, 季, 㟀, 𢘳, 香, 𤇫, 𤇕, 𤱜, 盉, 𮮑, 𦫌, 𧉷, 𮮐, 𨋟, 𩠼, 𪚼, 𩐖, 𪜱, 𠰓, 𭓦, 䒩, 𦊘, 𦊜, 𪐺, 𢇲, 𤵥, 麇, 𪗉, 乘, 囷

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 848, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24906
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1270, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2588, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+79BE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 禾
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – picture of a plant stalk. The stalk is more recognizable in older form.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
禾

Cognate with Tibetan གྲོ (gro, “wheat”) (Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 禾
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 戸戈切
Baxter hwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwa/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑ/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wo4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 禾
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hé
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwa ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ˁoj/
English growing grain

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 禾
Reading # 1/1
No. 4931
Phonetic
component
禾
Rime
group
歌
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
和
Old
Chinese
/*ɡoːl/

Definitions

禾

  1. grain; cereal
  2. rice plant
Synonyms

Compounds

References

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
禾

Pronunciation borrowed from Mandarin 我 (wǒ), tone from Cantonese 我 (ngo5).

Pronunciation

Definitions

禾

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, leetspeak or sarcastic) I; me; my

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
禾

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Definitions

禾

  1. (Teochew, Leizhou Min) grain; cereal; crop

Japanese

Kanji

禾

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. grain; cereal
  2. rice plant

Readings

Korean

Hanja

禾 (eumhun 벼 화 (byeo hwa))

  1. rice

Hanja

禾 (eumhun 말 이빨의 수효 수 (mal ipparui suhyo su))

  1. the number of horse teeth

Vietnamese

Han character

禾: Hán Nôm readings: hòa/hoà

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