ㄐㄧㄥ

jīng

non-glutinous rice

粳 is a 13 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as jīng in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as gēng.

In traditional Chinese the characters 秔 or 稉 may be used instead.

It is made up of the components 米 (rice) and 更 (even more).

  • 粳
    ㄐㄧㄥ

    jīng

    non-glutinous rice

    • 米
      ㄇㄧ ˇ

      mǐ

      rice

    • 更
      ㄍㄥ ˋ

      gèng

      even more

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 粳

jīng
gēng

Definitions for 粳 pronounced as jīng

  • round-grained nonglutinous rice (Japonica rice)
  • Taiwan pr. [geng1]
  • variant of 粳[jing1]
  • variant of 粳[jing1]

Definitions for 粳 pronounced as gēng

Vocabulary

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