稻 (dào): paddy, rice (Oryza sativa)
稻 (dào) is a Chinese character meaning “paddy.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (semantic) and 舀 (phonetic). It ranks #2438 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 稻 grain. Its radical form 禾 (grain) appears in many related characters such as 秋 (qiū, autumn), 科 (kē, branch of study), 租 (zū, to hire).
Definitions
- paddy
- rice (Oryza sativa)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 稻
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稻草noun | dào cǎo | rice straw |
| 稻草人noun | dào cǎo rén | scarecrow |
| 稻田noun | dào tián | paddy field |
| 稻米noun | dào mǐ | rice (crop) |
| 稻谷noun | dào gǔ | unhusked rice |
| 稻穗noun | dào suì | rice ear |
| 稻子noun | dào zi | rice (crop) |
| 早稻noun | zǎo dào | early season rice |
| 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草 | yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo | the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) |
| 早稻田大学 | zǎo dào tián dà xué | Waseda University (private university in Tokyo) |
| 再生稻 | zài shēng dào | ratoon rice |
| 救命稻草noun | jiù mìng dào cǎo | (one's) last straw to clutch at |
| 稻作noun | dào zuò | rice cultivation |
| 稻城县 | dào chéng xiàn | Daocheng, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan |
| 稻城proper-noun | dào chéng | see 稻城縣|稻城县 |
稻 appears in 28 compound words: 61 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 稻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
稻字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
dào zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "稻" is not frequently used in everyday life.
水稻生物育种获新突破
shuǐ dào shēng wù yù zhǒng huò xīn tū pò
New Breakthrough in Rice Bio-Breeding
中国专家助力布隆迪水稻增产
zhōng guó zhuān jiā zhù lì bù lóng dí shuǐ dào zēng chǎn
Chinese Experts Help Boost Rice Yields in Burundi
稻香控股(00573)发布年度业绩,股东应...
dào xiāng kòng gǔ ( 0 0 5 7 3 ) fā bù nián dù yè jì , gǔ dōng yīng . . .
Daoxiang Holdings (00573) has released its annual results; net profit attributable to shareholders...
...用年年插秧就能连续收获?大陆找到“长寿水稻”基因 登国际期刊
. . . yòng nián nián chā yāng jiù néng lián xù shōu huò ? dà lù zhǎo dào cháng shòu shuǐ dào jī yīn dēng guó jì qī kān
...Can continuous harvests be achieved by planting rice year after year? Mainland China identifies "long-lived rice" gene; findings published in international journal
稻香集团酒楼饮茶优惠!指定点心一律计小点 ...
dào xiāng jí tuán jiǔ lóu yǐn chá yōu huì ! zhǐ dìng diǎn xīn yī lǜ jì xiǎo diǎn . . .
Daoxiang Group Restaurant Tea Drinking Discount! Designated snacks are all counted as small ...
海啸席卷稻田, 淹没了城镇。
Hǎixiào xíjuǎn dàotián, yānmò le chéngzhèn.
Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.
预期今年稻米会丰收。
Yùqī jīnnián dàomǐ huì fēngshōu.
This year promises a good harvest of rice.
稻穗越饱满越低头。
Dàosuì yuè bǎomǎn yuè dītóu.
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
稻米生长在温暖的国家。
Dàomǐ shēngzhǎng zài wēnnuǎn de guójiā.
Rice grows in warm countries.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 禾 (grain) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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