# 稲 — rice plant

稲 means “rice plant”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. On'yomi: トウ (tou). Kun'yomi: いね (ine). You'll see it in words such as 稲 (ine, “rice plant”).

- Meaning: rice plant
- On'yomi: トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi: いね (ine)
- Strokes: 14
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Plants & farming 1

## How to remember 稲

Parts: 禾 grain · 爫 claw · 旧 former

## Words with 稲

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 稲 | いね (ine) | rice plant |

## Don't confuse it with

[種](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/seed/)

## More in the “Plants & farming 1” set

[藤](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/wisteria/) · [幹](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/tree-trunk/) · [松](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pine/) · [樹](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/living-tree/) · [稲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/rice-plant/) · [芝](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/lawn/) · [華](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/splendour/) · [杉](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/japanese-cedar/)

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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/rice-plant/. Last updated 2026-11-01.