Definitions
(noun)
cereal; grain
Etymology
Pictograph of a stalk of millet grain.
About
The character "禾" began as a pictogram of a grain plant with a drooping head, initially referring specifically to millet, and its form gradually streamlined into the present five-stroke configuration. From this specific agricultural reference, its meaning expanded to represent standing grain or cereal plants in a more general sense. In modern usage, it operates as a semantic radical within numerous compound characters, consistently contributing a field-related sense to terms involving crops, harvest, and vegetation.
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田里的禾苗绿油油。
农民在照顾禾苗。
春天的禾苗长得快。
他们把谷物放在禾场上。
禾苗需要水和阳光才能生长。
水稻是禾本科植物。
在广阔的禾田里，禾苗随风摇摆。
由于精心照料，禾苗比去年长得更好。