稻

稻 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月竹難 (HDBHX), four-corner 2297₇, composition ⿰禾舀)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 857, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25216
• Dae Jaweon: page 1283, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2624, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7A3B

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'uːʔ) : semantic 禾 (“grain, cereal, rice”) + phonetic 舀 (OC *lowʔ, *lu, *lo).

Area word (rice culture originated in the south). Often compared with Proto-Hmong-Mien *mbləu (“rice plant/paddy”), whence White Hmong nplej (Bodman, 1980).

The relationship with similar-looking Mon-Khmer words is ambiguous (Schuessler, 2007). Ferlus (2010) proposes a connection to Proto-Mon-Khmer *sruʔ (“paddy”), which in turn is linked to Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₂rawʔ (“taro”), as the two plants share the same farming niche.

Alternatively, Sagart (2011) derives this word from 舀 (OC *lowʔ, *lu, *lo, “to scoop (hulled grain) from a mortar”). If so, since the Hmong-Mien comparandum only has the derived sense of “rice”, it would be borrowed from Chinese rather than the other way around.

The native Min word 粙 may be a variant (Schuessler, 2007, apud Norman, p.c.).

稻

1. paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
2. a surname

• → Proto-Vietic: *ʔa-lɔːʔ (“paddy rice”)
  • Vietnamese: lúa

• “稻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 稲)

1. rice plant

• Go-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: いね (ine, 稻); いな (ina, 稻)

稻 (eumhun 벼 도 (byeo do))

1. Hanja form^? of 도 (“rice plant”).

稻: Hán Nôm readings: đạo, đữu

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