HSK 6 · Food

稻谷 dàogǔ “rice (unhusked)” in Chinese

Traditional 稻穀

What 稻谷 means

  1. rice (unhusked)
  2. paddy
  3. unhusked rice

How to say 稻谷

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale稻dào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale谷gǔ3rd tone, dipping

稻谷 in a sentence

  1. 秋天，田里的稻谷都黄了。

    Qiūtiān, tián lǐ de dàogǔ dōu huáng le.

    In autumn, the rice in the fields turns golden.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 农民们正在收稻谷。

    Nóngmínmen zhèngzài shōu dàogǔ.

    The farmers are harvesting the rice.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 稻谷 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 稻 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
稻dàopaddy
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 舀to ladle out · yǎoSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 舀 (yǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

The character 谷 (gǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
谷gǔgrain
  • 八eight · bā
  • 人person · rén
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 稻谷

稻 15 strokes · 谷 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

稻谷 (dàogǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 稻谷 (dàogǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 稻谷

Words with 谷

峡谷xiágǔ · canyon

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FAQs

稻谷 (dàogǔ) means “rice (unhusked)” or “paddy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dàogǔ: dào with a 4th tone, then gǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 稻谷 is written 稻穀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daogu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 稻谷 from the suggestions. Typing daogu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
稻谷 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.