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稼

jià
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to sow grain; to plant crops
  2. 2 crops; the standing harvest

Examples

农民要掌握稼穑的本领。
Nóngmín yào zhǎngwò jià sè de běnlǐng.
Farmers must master the skill of sowing and harvesting.
他种了几十年地，熟悉庄稼活。
Tā zhòng le jǐshínián dì, shúxī zhuāngjia huó.
He has farmed the land for decades and knows the work of the fields well.
今年地里的庄稼长得特别好。
Jīnnián dì lǐ de zhuāngjia zhǎng de tèbié hǎo.
This year the crops in the fields grow especially well.

Tips

usage
Most common in 庄稼 ('crops, standing grain', the second syllable toneless) and the literary pair 稼穑 where 稼 is sowing and 穑 is reaping.

Components

radical
禾 hé
grain; standing crop
The grain radical on the left gives the meaning: this character is entirely about cereal crops, both planting them and the growing grain itself.
phonetic
家 jiā
home; family
Supplies the sound on the right: 家 jiā shifted to jià. A faint logic survives, since farming grain is the work that feeds a household.

Stroke Order

稼 jià