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稼

jià

HSK 6 Character

What 稼 means

1. to sow grain
2. (farm) crop

Example sentences

• 它也会杀死庄稼。
  Tā yě huì shāsǐ zhuāngjia.
  It can also kill crops.

Words starting with 稼

• 稼穑jià sè(literary) sowing and reaping; farm work

Words containing 稼

• 庄稼zhuāng jiafarm crop
• 庄稼地zhuāng jia dìcrop land; arable land
• 庄稼人zhuāng jia rén(colloquial) farmer
• 庄稼户zhuāng jia hùwealthy farmer; landlord
• 庄稼汉zhuāng jia hànpeasant; farmer
• 庄稼活儿zhuāng jia huó rfarm work
• 庄稼户儿zhuāng jia hù rerhua variant of 庄稼户

Characters built on 家

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

• 嫁jià(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
• 镓jiāgallium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 稼

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

• 碳tàncarbon (chemistry)
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 蟆mátoad
• 樵qiáofirewood; gather wood

Sounds the same

Read jià, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 价price; value; (chemistry) valence
• 架to support; frame; rack
• 驾to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive
• 嫁(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
• 假vacation
• 幏cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups