秧 yāng shoots
shoots; sprouts
How to remember 秧: 禾 grain + 央 center = shoots. The farmer carries a tray of young grain to the center of the flooded field and plants the green shoots one by one.
Component breakdown
秧 = 禾 grain + 央 center
- 禾 grain
- 央 center
The farmer carries a tray of young grain to the center of the flooded field and plants the green shoots one by one.
How it is used
- Rice seedlings / young sprouts - 秧苗 (yāngmiáo) seedlings, 插秧 (chā yāng) to transplant rice seedlings, 育秧 (yù yāng) to raise seedlings.
- 秧歌 (yāngge) is a lively folk dance originally tied to rice-planting. Agricultural vocabulary.