穡
harvest
Strokes18
Readings
On'yomi
- ショク
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
穡 centers on gathering crops: the act of harvesting grain or other agricultural produce.
Most common words using 穡
- 稼穡かしょく
planting and harvesting; farming
Study
Etymology
穡 combines 禾 (grain plant) with 嗇, which is associated with storing or gathering. Together they express harvesting grain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 禾 is a grain plant, and the right side 嗇 looks like a storehouse with a roof and walls. Picture grain being cut and brought into the storehouse: that is the harvest.
Reading mnemonic
For ショク, imagine a shock of grain being gathered at harvest time: shock -> ショク, and the grain is stored away.