秧 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yāng

rice seedlings

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé

grain stalk

央 Sound component

yāng

beg

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yāng

rice seedlings, young rice plants; shoots; sprouts

Most common words with 秧

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	插秧	to transplant rice seedlings
	秧	shoots
	病秧子	(coll.) invalid
	秧苗	seedling
	秧歌	Yangge, a popular rural folk dance

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3522nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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