JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 稲: "rice plant"
The kanji 稲 means "rice plant". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read トウ, テ in on'yomi and いね, いな- in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トウテ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いねいな-
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | rice plant |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1038 of 2,501 |
Common words with 稲
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 稲妻lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
- 稲rice plant (Oryza sativa)
- 早稲early ripening rice · early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.)
- 稲荷Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama) · Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
- 稲光(flash of) lightning
- 稲架drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
- 稲穂ear (head) of rice
- 稲作rice cultivation; rice crop
- 早稲田field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
- 稲田paddy field; rice field
- 早稲田大学Waseda University
- お稲荷さんInari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.) · Inari shrine
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