- 稲 — rice plant
- 稲穂 — ear of rice
- 稲作 — rice cultivation
- 稲刈り — rice harvesting
- 早稲 — early-ripening rice
- 水稲 — wet-field rice
- 陸稲 — dry-field rice
稲 combines the grain radical 禾(のぎへん) with a phonetic element that gives the reading トウ. With 禾 signaling “cereal plants,” the compound points specifically to the rice plant—central to Japanese agriculture and culture.