(jià): to sow grain, (farm) crop

(jià) is a Chinese character meaning “to sow grain.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #2630 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, grain. Its radical form (grain) appears in many related characters such as (qiū, autumn), (, branch of study), (, to hire).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to sow grain
  2. (farm) crop

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticgrain

Decomposition: ⿰禾家 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounzhuāng jiafarm crop6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
zhuāng jia dìcrop land
zhuāng jia hànpeasant
zhuāng jia rén(coll.) farmer
zhuāng jia huó rfarm work
zhuāng jia hù rerhua variant of 莊稼戶|庄稼户[zhuang1 jia5 hu4]
zhuāng jia hùwealthy farmer
jià sè(literary) sowing and reaping
8
Total compounds
13
As first character
13
As last character
75
As middle character

appears in 8 compound words: 13 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 75 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

xiáng
0.5411,992 co-occurrences
yāng
0.534192 co-occurrences
zhuāng
0.5272,694 co-occurrences
0.487360 co-occurrences
dèng
0.449342 co-occurrences
gēng
0.444330 co-occurrences
gōng
0.39348 co-occurrences
huǐ
0.384264 co-occurrences
wáng
0.3822,040 co-occurrences
jiān
0.37854 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

zhuāng jia huó rHSK 6+

farm work

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le jià zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .

I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "稼" in the dictionary.

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. . . zhōng huà xiǎng yīng měi guǎn zhì zhōng guó zhì miàn bǎn fā jiào chuán jīng dōng fāng jià dòng lǜ yāo zhǎn

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lián jiā tóu kòng mò xī gē xīn hǎn jià dòng lǜ jiā sù chōng yǐ guāng zào yǎn bù jú jī qì rén , E C . . .

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Tatoeba

它也会杀死庄

Tā yě huì shāsǐ zhuāngjia.

It can also kill crops.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced jià

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 稼 (jià) mean in Chinese?
稼 (jià) primarily means "to sow grain." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #2630 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 稼 have?
稼 is written with 15 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 稼?
The radical associated with 稼 is 禾 (grain). This radical appears in many characters related to grain.
What are the components of 稼?
稼 is composed of: 禾 (semantic), 家 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰禾家 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 稼?
Common words with 稼 include: 庄稼 (zhuāng jia, "farm crop"); 庄稼地 (zhuāng jia dì, "crop land"); 庄稼汉 (zhuāng jia hàn, "peasant"); 庄稼人 (zhuāng jia rén, "(coll.) farmer"); 庄稼活儿 (zhuāng jia huó r, "farm work"). There are over 8 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 稼 (jià)?
Several characters share the pronunciation jià: 嫁 ((of a woman) to marry), 加 (Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4])), 佳 (beautiful), 茄 (phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹 is more common), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 稼 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 稼 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.