How to write 稼

稼 [jià] 动 【本义】: 种植五谷 【造字法】: 形声。从禾，家声。 1. 同本义 (sow grains) 引 1. 《诗·魏风·伐檀》：不稼不穑。 (Without sowing, there is no harvest.) 2. 《山海经·大荒南经》：巫载民不稼不穑食也。 (The shaman carries the people who do not sow or harvest.) 3. 《仪礼·少牢礼》：宜稼于田。 (It is appropriate to sow in the fields.) 4. 《孟子·滕文公上》：后稷教民稼穑，树艺五谷。 (The god of agriculture taught the people to sow and harvest, and to cultivate various grains.) 例 又如: 稼桑 (a method of planting mulberry trees, which involves cutting branches and leaves for planting); 稼事 (matters of farming); 稼政 (the governance of farming, including boundary maintenance, irrigation, and teaching the people to plant grains); 稼器 (farming tools) 2. 从事农业生产 (be engaged in agricultural production) 引 1. 《荀子·解蔽》：好稼者众矣。 (There are many who are fond of farming.) 名 1. 禾所结的果实 (ear) 引 1. 《说文》：稼，禾之秀实为稼，茎节为禾。朱骏声曰:“在野曰稼。” (In the Shuowen Dictionary, it states that the ears of grains are called '稼', while the stalks are called '禾'. Zhu Junsheng said: 'In the wild, it is called 稼.') 2. 《诗·豳风·七月》：九月筑城圃，十月纳禾稼。 (In September, the city walls are built; in October, the grain is harvested.) 3. 《周礼·遂大夫》：简稼器。 (Select farming tools.) 2. 谷物;庄稼 (cereals; crops; grains) 引 1. 《吕氏春秋》：稼生于野，而藏于仓。 (Grains grow in the wild and are stored in granaries.) 2. 唐· 王维《宿郑州》：主人东皋上，时稼绕茅屋。 (The master, on the eastern slope, sees crops encircling the thatched house.) 3. 唐· 李朝威《柳毅传》：伤稼乎。 (Does it grieve the crops?) 4. 宋· 沈括《梦溪笔谈》：一亩之稼。 (One acre of crops.) 5. 清· 郑燮《喜雨》：共说今年秋稼好，碧湖红稻鲤鱼肥。 (Everyone says this year's autumn harvest is good; the blue lake and red rice make the fish plump.)