TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
稻
稻 ＝ 禾 ＋ 舀
ㄉㄠˋ · dào
noun — rice (the growing plant); paddy rice
字源 FORM — what the parts do
禾義grain, a grain stalk
舀聲yǎo — gives the sounda hand reaching into a mortar to scoop
ITyǎo → dào — the initial swung off, tone with it
A grain stalk (禾) bent with seed — this is rice. 舀 yǎo carries the sound, a hand scooping grain from a mortar; the reading drifted to dào. From the plant come 稻米、水稻.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
禾（禾）垂著穗，一隻手（舀）伸進臼裡舀起新米。
The grain stalk (禾) hangs heavy; a hand (舀) dips into the mortar and scoops the new rice.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)稻— rice (the plant)常用
→稻米、水稻— husked rice; paddy rice
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
舀yǎothe sound donor — add for the crop, drop it and the bare hand-in-mortar remains描miáoanother field-grain lookalike pulled apart by its left side — 描 keeps 手, 稻 keeps