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粟 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「米」

道
準1University / general ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「米」
On
ゾク・ショク・ソクぞく・しょく・そく · zoku · shoku · soku
Kun
あわ・もみawa · momi
Meaning
millet

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

米 "grain" with a shape for ripening ears: the small-grained cereal — millet.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 粟あわ

    millet

  • 粟粒あわつぶ

    a grain of millet; something tiny

More words with this kanji

  • 罌粟けし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

昔(むかし)は粟(あわ)や稗(ひえ)を主食(しゅしょく)にした。

Long ago, millet and barnyard grass were staple foods.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

粟粒粟粒grain粁kilome…籾unhull…粂Kume粍millim…粕lees埴clay蝕to ero…燭candle趨to ten…仄faint
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 米Map of reading ゾクAll maps

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