秧

yāng
#3,515 most
frequent character
sapling, seedling, sprout

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

秧 joins 禾 grain with 央 yāng, which supplies the sound. Grain sets the field, so it first meant 'grain seedlings with lots of leaves'. That grew to 'seedling, sprouts'.

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Homophones

央yāng
center, end, to beg, to plead

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