粳 (jīng) · japonica rice; round-grained nonglutinous rice

Meanings

1 japonica rice; round-grained nonglutinous rice

Characters

粳

jīng

japonica (round-grained) rice

Examples

HSK 7-9

粳米粒短，稍微有黏性。

Jīngmǐ lì duǎn, shāowēi yǒu niánxìng.

Polished japonica rice is short-grained and slightly sticky.

HSK 7-9

中国北方主要种粳稻，南方多种籼稻。

Zhōngguó běifāng zhǔyào zhòng jīngdào, nánfāng duō zhòng xiāndào.

Northern China mainly grows japonica rice; the south grows more indica rice.

Tips

usage

粳 is one of the three rice categories: 粳 (short, sticky japonica), 籼 (long, fluffy indica) and 糯 (glutinous). It is also commonly read 粳 in Taiwan.

Components

radical

米 mǐ

rice; grain

The rice radical 米 on the left carries the meaning directly, the whole character names a variety of rice.

phonetic

更 gēng

to change; further

更 supplies the sound (read jīng, or 粳 in Taiwan); it carries no meaning, working only as the phonetic.

Stroke Order

粳 jīng

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