和
JLPT HSK 1

hé, hè, huó, hú
Left: rice plant 禾, right: mouth 口
Who has rice (plants) in his mouth is: in harmony.

	租
JLPT HSK 1

zū
Left: rice plant 禾, right: furthermore, and 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
The rice plants, moreover, are needed for the rent.

	种
JLPT HSK 3

zhǒng, zhòng
Left: rice plant 禾 and: 'middle/center' 中
The rice plant comes from the center (land of the middle = China), where it was cultivated.

	香
JLPT HSK 3

xiāng
Top: rice plant 禾, below: sun 日
Rice plants in the sun spread a fragrance.

	秋
JLPT HSK 3

qiū
Left: rice plant 禾 (here: straw), right: fire/to burn 火
Rice plants (= their straw) are burned: in autumn.

	季
JLPT HSK 3

jì
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
Rice plants and children develop with the seasons.

	科
JLPT HSK 4

kē
Left: rice plant 禾, right: measure of volume 斗 (1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)
How rice plants are measured is taught in this branch of study.

	利
JLPT HSK 4

lì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: knife 刂
(Harvesting rice plants with a knife is favorable and brings profit.

	秀
JLPT HSK 4

xiù
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view)
Rice plants as big as a pregnancy belly are: outstanding!

	乘
JLPT HSK 4

chéng
Top: rice plant 禾 (Here: tree 木 with shade-giving canopy 一), middle: north 北 (2 people 丬,匕 sit back-to-back because it is cold in: the north.)
When the two people lean against the shade-giving tree, they: take advantage of it.

	稍
JLPT HSK 4

shāo
Left: rice plant 禾, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
All rice plants are alike, at least somewhat a little bit.

	程
JLPT HSK 4

chéng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: to submit, petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
Rice plants for the mouth of the king: This is the regulation!

	剩
JLPT HSK 4

shèng
Left: to use, take advantage of 乘 (When the two people 丬,匕 lean against the shade-giving 一 tree 木, they: are using it.), right: to cut/knife刂
When using a knife, there are always remainders.

	秒
JLPT HSK 4

miǎo
Left rice plant 禾, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
(To plant a) rice plant you need as little as one second.

	积
JLPT HSK 4

jī
Left: rice plant 禾, right: alone 只 (one mouth 口 of eight 八 is just alone.)
Where rice plants are alone, you should accumulate (cultivate) them.

	移
JLPT HSK 5

yí
Left: rice plant 禾, right: many 多 (2 x evening 夕)
Rice plants are many, so we can shift them, when we move.

	秘
JLPT HSK 5

mì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!)
(They are so fructuous) Rice plants certainly have a secret!

	兼
JLPT HSK 5

jiān
A hand /ヨ holding two rice plants 禾 (cf. grasp 秉)
A hand is holding two rice plants double / combined.

	称
JLPT HSK 5

chèn, chēng, chèng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: thus, therefore 尔 (A horizontal person 人 is small 小 => small person.)
"Like a rice plant": For a small person this can be an appellation.

	税
JLPT HSK 5

shuì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 a money transfer takes place)
For the rice plants my elder brother makes a money transfer as taxes.

	秩
JLPT HSK 5

zhì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
Rice plants were lost, we need more order!

	私
JLPT HSK 5

sī
Left: rice plant 禾, right: nose 厶
Next to the rice plant with the nose: that's me.

	稳
JLPT HSK 5

wěn
Left: rice plant 禾, right: urgent, pressing 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand 彐 to heart 心, because he was in a hurry.
When the rice plants grow quickly, (the business) is stable and settled.

	委
JLPT HSK 5

wēi, wěi
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: woman 女
Rice plants can women be entrusted.

	透
JLPT HSK 5

tòu
Left: movement 辶, right: excellent 秀 (Grain plants 禾 big as a plump pregnancy belly 乃: excellent!)
This movement was excellent and penetrating.

	稀
JLPT HSK 6

xī
Left: rice plant 禾, right: seldom, sparse 希 (A cross-stitch 㐅 in cloth 布 is seldom.) [cloth 布 = A hand is holding a cloth 巾]
Rice plants that are seldom, are (really): rare.

	稿
JLPT HSK 6

gǎo
Left: rice plant 禾, right: high/tall 高 (guard tower)
(Making paper with long plant's fibers:) Rice plants that grew high were used for manuscripts.

	颖
JLPT HSK 6

yǐng
Top: a short while ago 顷 (sitting person 匕, head 页/頁), below left: rice plant 禾
It sits on the rice plant the spike (="the grain's head"), which is considered: "clever and gifted".

	秃
JLPT HSK 6

tū
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: table 几
The rice plant is placed on the table (for peeling / cleaning) until it is bald.

	稻
JLPT HSK 6

dào
Left: rice plant 禾, right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
It comes from the rice plant and the hand puts it (for processing) into the mortar: The rice.

	稚
JLPT HSK 6

zhì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: bird 隹
The grain and the bird are still infantile.

	稼
JLPT HSK 6

jià
Left: rice plant 禾, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 is a personal pig 豕)
The rice plants for the household need to be sowed.

	菌
JLPT HSK 6

jūn, jùn
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 囷 (enclosure 囗, rice plant 禾)
Plants enclosed like this rice plant will be affected by mold.

	稠
JLPT HSK 6

chóu
Left: rice plant 禾, right: circumference 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference.)
Where there are rice plants, the circumference is: densely (populated).

	秤
JLPT HSK 6

chèng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: flat, equal 平 (image of a scales)
Rice plants are best to be weighted with a steelyard.

	秉
JLPT no HSK

bǐng
Rice plant 禾 and hand
The rice plant has (by the hand) been grasped.

	秦
JLPT no HSK

qín
Top: three 三 persons 人, bottom: rice plant 禾
Where three persons met at a rice plant arose the first dynasty, namely the Qin dynasty.

	稽
JLPT no HSK

jī, qǐ
Left: rice plant 禾, right: var. of dog 犬, purpose, aim 旨 (if sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has a purpose)
In the rice plants is a 'dog' for the purpose of inspecting.

	颓
JLPT no HSK

tuí
Left: bald, blunt 秃 (The rice plants 禾 are placed on the table 几 (for peeling / cleaning) until they are bald.), right: page, leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The bald head has crumbled.

	秽
JLPT no HSK

huì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: years of age 岁 (Like a mountain 山, such (many) evenings 夕 are my years of life.)
The rice plants at the mountain at the evening are: dirty.

	稣
JLPT no HSK

sū
Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: rice plant 禾
Fisch with rice plants is (enough for) for my revival.

	臻
JLPT no HSK

zhēn
Left: arrive, reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.), right: Qin dynasty 秦 (Where three 三 persons 人 met at a rice plant 禾 arose the first dynasty, namely the Qin dynasty.)
When reaching them the three persons were at the rice plants, that were utmost.

	穗
JLPT no HSK

suì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: favor, benefit 惠 (If a grid 二 is in front of the insect 虫, it is for the heart 心: a favor/benefit)
The rice plant gives its favor at the ear/spike of grain.

	酥
JLPT no HSK

sū
Left: wine jar 酉, right: rice plant 禾
(The alcohol makes it ferment.) Some alcohol to the rice and you get a flaky pastry.

	秧
JLPT no HSK

yāng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)
The rice plants are centered (= in straight rows) when they are planted as: seedlings.

	悸
JLPT no HSK

jì
Left: feelings 忄, right: season, period 季 (Rice plants 禾 and children 子 develop with the seasons.)
The feeling with periods is: the palpitating heart with fear.

	禾
JLPT no HSK

hé

Image of an ear of grain

	秸
JLPT no HSK

jiē
Left: rice plant 禾, right: happy 吉 (simplification of 'happy' 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
The rice plants make us happy, when they became straw.

	穆
JLPT no HSK

mù
Left: rice plant 禾, right: variant of spring 原 (white 白water/river 川 (=小), hair 彡 (= three drops of water)
For the rice plants, a white river of three water-drops flows and it becomes: solemn.

	稷
JLPT no HSK

jì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: 畟 (rice field 田, eight 八, [sitting] crossed legs 夂)
Rice plants on the field (thick like) eight crossed legs provides: the god of cereals