稻
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dào · rice plant

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15Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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禾Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 稻

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dàoWords pronounced dào
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Example sentences

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Wǒ bà zhǒng shuǐ dào.我爸种水稻。

My father grows rice.

Source: Tatoeba #1397045 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fàng qīng sōng, zhè zhǐshì gè dào cǎo rén ér yǐ.放轻松,这只是个稻草人而已。

Relax, it's just a scarecrow.

Source: Tatoeba #522166 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shōu huò dào zǐ shí jǔ bàn jié rì.收获稻子时举办节日。

A festival is held at the rice harvest.

Source: Tatoeba #2032317 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dào mǐ shēng cháng zài wēn nuǎn de guó jiā.稻米生長在溫暖的國家。

Rice grows in warm countries.

Source: Tatoeba #734926 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hǎi xiào xí juǎn dào tián , yān méi le chéng zhèn.海嘯席捲稻田, 淹沒了城鎮。

Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.

Source: Tatoeba #789357 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rén mén zài duō yǔ dì qū zhǒng zhí shuǐ dào.人們在多雨地區種植水稻。

Rice is grown in rainy regions.

Source: Tatoeba #798329 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 稻 in context

  1. Say dào, then recall the core meaning: rice plant.
  2. Write all 15 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 水稻 (shuǐ dào), meaning “rice”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 稻 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.