# 粒 grain

米 (rice / America) + 立 (stand up)
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11 strokes

## Onyomi

RYUU | After the farmers harvest the crops, they RE-USE the grain to plant next year's crops.

## Mnemonic

| Rice grains, on the tops of the rice shoots, appear to be standing up facing the sun.

## Kunyomi

つぶ | a grain,, for instance . . . rice ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

粒子(りゅうし) | atomic particle. ☆☆☆☆☆ 粒 (grain) + 子 (child) = 粒子 (atomic particle.) an atomic particle, as in 'particle physics.'

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
粉 | powder | MINUTE | 分
粒 | grain | STAND | 立
紛 | ambiguous | STRING | 糸

If you STAND on top of grain,
you'll grind it to powder in one MINUTE
STRING is too ambiguous to be a good mnemonic!