# 穀 — cereals; grain

穀 means “cereals; grain”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. On'yomi: コク (koku). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: cereals; grain
- On'yomi: コク (koku)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 14
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Plants & farming 4

## How to remember 穀

Parts: 士 samurai · 冖 cover · 禾 grain · 殳 club

## Don't confuse it with

[殻](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/shell/)

## More in the “Plants & farming 4” set

[桑](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mulberry/) · [穂](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/ear-of-grain/) · [芽](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bud/) · [苗](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/seedling/) · [穀](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cereals/) · [桃](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peach/) · [薫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/smell-sweet/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cereals/. Last updated 2026-11-01.