禾(hé)

HSK 7-95 strokes

cereal

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Character information

Pinyin
hé
Meaning
cereal; grain
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 禾 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿱丿木

A plant stalk with a sagging head

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

丿piě木mù

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 禾 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 禾

Common words using 禾 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

hé禾miáo苗
HSK 7-9

seedling (of rice or other grain)

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jiā嘉hé禾

see 嘉禾县

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chái柴hé禾

plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)

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hé禾chǎng场

threshing floor

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jiā嘉hé禾xiàn县

Jiahe, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan

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hé禾běn本kē科

Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family

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From 禾’s common words

苗嘉柴场县本科

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