秧 Strokes Write it Listen 秧 yāng shoots, sprouts; young rice plants HSK 7–9 10 strokes Radical 禾 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from禾meaninghécereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk央soundyāngcentral; to beg; to run out How it works禾 hints at the meaning (rice), and 央 yāng hints at the sound.