稲 Rice Plant

Radical Combination

• 禾

  Grain
• Cleat
• 旧

  Former

Meaning

Primary

Rice Plant

Mnemonic

The grain stuck in your cleat had a former life. In that life it was a rice plant. It was a happy little rice plant, minding its own business, when it was yanked up and cleaned up and put in a bag for people to buy and cook and eat. That was so long ago. Now it's just a sad grain in the bottom of your shoe.

Hints

When you look at a grain of rice, you should think of its former life as a rice plant, not where it ended up.

Readings

On’yomi

とう

Kun’yomi

いね, いな

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The grain of rice, as it thinks about its rice plant life too, mutters, "いな、いね." Yes little grain, it was a really nice life. I'm sorry.

Hints

You decide to bring the grain back to where all of the other rice plants are, and they all chant いな、いね as you return it to its home. You did a good thing today.