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Keyword
grains
Info
FrequencyTop 2500-2600
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig984
Old form穀
Readings
こく
(91%)
ごく
(6%)
こっ
(1%)
Composed of
士
professional
冖
roof without a chimney
禾
grain plant
殳
weapon
Mnemonic

We have a professional (the farmer) presiding over a bunch of freshly harvested grain plants put into storage under a roof without a chimney (because you don't need a chimney if you're going to only store grain in there), and in his right hand he's holding a weapon — a threshing tool that he'll use on those plants to produce grains.

Used in vocabulary (38 in total)
grain; cereal; corn
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
grain-producing region
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
assorted grains; cereals; millet
grains
threshing (e.g. rice)
granary
huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop
rice
threshing machine
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
kernel; grain
(grain) flour
price of grain
new grain
"grain rain" solar term (approx. April 20)
maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)
rice-ration book
rice dealer; rice merchant
major multinational grain companies
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
whole grains
huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop
cereal diet; grain-eating
grain vinegar
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
the nine grains
sago (edible sago palm starch)
sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
cereal crops
rice exchange
grain feeding (livestock)
stored-grain insect
old grain
rice; grains; cereals
Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella); indianmeal moth; pantry moth; North American high-flyer
love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth
Examples (8 in total)
The whole family was out harvesting the corn.
We import grain from the United States.
We import grain from Canada every year.
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