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稔

rěn

ripe grain

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 念 represents the sound.

Components
禾 meaning component

禾  Meaning component

hé

  

grain stalk

念 sound component

念  Sound component

niàn

  

think of, ready

Evolution

稔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
稔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
稔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
稔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

稔  

rěn

ripe grain; harvest; to know, be familiar with

Most common words with 稔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

稔

ripe grain

熟稔

quite familiar with sth

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nimʔ

nyimX

rěn

harvest, year


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5151st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+7A14

Shuowen

“稔，穀孰也。从禾，念聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘鮮不五稔’。”


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