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稲 means 'rice plant'
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On テ
Name いの しね な
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This kanji has quite a split personality. Growing rice (稲) is a deeply down-to-earth pursuit. But 稲 is also linked to fanciful notions that lightning impregnates rice and that tofu-loving foxes are messengers for the god Inari (稲荷). He is reputed to help with crops, health, sex, and money, so Inari shrines abound, steeped in fox statues and other symbols—all a far cry from farmers’ earthy concerns.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 稲 is used 5 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 稲 is used 37 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
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noun
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, examples and links)
An additional せ less common words include 稲 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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