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秧

yāng

Character

What 秧 means

1. sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling
2. stem; stalk; vine
3. baby livestock; fry
4. dialectto raise; to cultivate (plants or animals)

Words starting with 秧

• 秧歌yāng geYangge, a popular rural folk dance
• 秧子yāng zisapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry
• 秧田yāng tiánrice seedling bed
• 秧苗yāng miáoseedling; (esp.) rice seedling
• 秧歌剧yāng ge jùYangge opera, a rural form of theater

Words containing 秧

• 插秧chā yāngto transplant rice seedlings
• 拔秧bá yāngto pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
• 病秧子bìng yāng zi(dialect) sickly person
• 普通秧鸡pǔ tōng yāng jī(bird species of China) brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus)
• 白眉秧鸡bái méi yāng jī(bird species of China) white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea)
• 蓝胸秧鸡lán xiōng yāng jī(bird species of China) slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus)
• 西方秧鸡xī fāng yāng jī(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)
• 长脚秧鸡cháng jiǎo yāng jī(bird species of China) corn crake (Crex crex)
• 白喉斑秧鸡bái hóu bān yāng jī(bird species of China) slaty-legged crake (Rallina eurizonoides)
• 红腿斑秧鸡hóng tuǐ bān yāng jī(bird species of China) red-legged crake (Rallina fasciata)

Characters built on 央

These share the phonetic component 央 (yāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 殃yāngcalamity
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 怏yàngdiscontented
• 泱yāngagitated (wind, cloud); boundless
• 鞅yāngmartingale (part of a horse's harness); used in 鞅鞅

Characters that look like 秧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 映yìng(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 殃yāngcalamity
• 轶yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 袂mèisleeve of a robe

Sounds the same

Read yāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 央center; end; to beg
• 殃calamity
• 鸯used in 鸳鸯
• 泱agitated (wind, cloud); boundless
• 鞅martingale (part of a horse's harness); used in 鞅鞅
• 胦the navel
• 鉠(onomatopoeia) ring; tinkle