Kanji 稲: rice plant

Key takeaways

Kanji 稲: rice plant. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

稲

Meaning

rice plant

On reading

とうて

Kun reading

いねいな-

Radical

禾

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 稲

rice plant

Kanji structure breakdown

稲

Structure breakdown

禾 + ⺤ + 旧

Mnemonic story

Imagine using your hand (⺤) to harvest the grain (禾) from the stalks that have grown old (旧) and ripe. It represents the rice plant ready to be gathered after a long growing season.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

Kun reading

いね

稲光いなびかり
flash of lightning
稲いね
rice plant

Commonly used words

稲光
いなびかり
flash of lightning
稲
いね
rice plant

Example sentences

Example 1

夜にいなびかりが光った。

Translation

A flash of lightning lit up the night.

Example 2

いなびかりのあとに雷が鳴った。

Translation

Thunder rumbled after the flash of lightning.

Example 3

田んぼに稲がたくさん育っている。

Translation

Many rice plants are growing in the paddy field.

Example 4

この稲はよく実をつけた。

Translation

This rice plant bore a lot of grains.

Kanji 稲: rice plant

Kanji at a glance

Core meaning / core image

Kanji structure breakdown

Mnemonic story

On'yomi and kun'yomi

Kun reading

Commonly used words

Example sentences

稲光 (いなびかり): meaning and examples

稲 (いね): meaning and examples