稻 Strokes Write it Listen 稻 dào rice plant; rice growing in the field HSK 7–9 15 strokes Radical 禾 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from禾meaninghécereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk舀soundyǎoto ladle out; to scoop How it works禾 hints at the meaning (grain), and 舀 yǎo hints at the sound.