Vita:穀

Parts

• 穀 917 cereals
  • 士 319 samurai (gentleman)
  • ⼍ * crown
  • ⽲ * wheat
    • ⼂ * drop (a drop of, drop of, eye-dropper)
    • 木 195 tree (wood, wooden pole, pole)
  • ⽎ * missile
    • ⼏ * wind (weather vane)
    • 又 696 crotch (or again)

A samurai is in the supermarket looking at the breakfast cereals. [Imagine supermarket muzak and a samurai with a shopping basket.] He choses one called "Golden crowns" which is like Weetabix, but formed into little crown shapes. When he gets it home he is childishly delighted to find it contains a free toy -- a little plastic missile -- which he plays with at the breakfast table.

KANJIDIC Entry

• 穀 3972 U7a40 B79 C115 G6 S14 XJ15340 F1744 N2461 V4157 H1824 DK1186 L917 K1620 O2168 DO815 MN25188P MP6.0479 E866 IN1729 DS786 DH876 DT973 DJ1627 DG1441 P1-10-4 I5d9.4 Q4794.7 DR1468 Ygu3 Wgog Wgu コク T1 たけ {cereals} {grain}

EDICT Entries

• 穀倉 [こくそう] / (n) granary / (P) /
• 穀物 [こくもつ] / (n) grain / cereal / corn / (P) /
• 穀類 [こくるい] / (n) grains / (P) /
• 米穀 [べいこく] / (n) rice / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 6193 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 穀 => No glyph available , 禾

Radical

• 穀 => 士 (scholar) , 冖 (cover) , 一 (one) , 殳 (weapon/lance) , 禾 (grain)

Graphical

• 穀 => 一,丨,一,冖,一,丿,㇠,㇇,㇏,㇒,一,丨,八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gu3 - grain/corn

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 穀 (gu3): The component 殳 is pronounced as 'shu1'.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 谷 (穀)
• 谷歌 (穀歌)

Medium Frequency

• 谷子 (穀子)
• 谷物 (穀物)
• 谷雨 (穀雨)
• 谷类 (穀類)