Chinese Character Wiki
禾

hé

grain stalk

Pictograph of a stalk of millet grain.

Evolution

禾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
禾 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
禾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
禾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
禾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

禾  

hé

grain still on stalk; rice plant; cereal; grain

Most common words with 禾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

禾

cereal

嘉禾

Jiahe county in Chenzhou 郴州[Chēn​zhōu], Hunan

禾苗

seedling (of rice or other grain)

禾本科

Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family

嘉禾县

Jiahe county in Chenzhou 郴州[Chēn​zhōu], Hunan

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (4 verified)

咊 和 龢 科 嵇 麇 藒

Iconic component in 12 characters (12 verified)

年 秊 利 委 秀 秋 兼 朵 穆 秉 稟 𣏮

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

秘

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ˤoj

hwa

hé

growing grain


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3587th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+79BE

Shuowen

“禾，嘉穀也。二月始生，八月而孰，得時之中，故謂之禾。禾，木也。木王而生，金王而死。从木，从省，象其穗。”


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