穫 means “harvest, reap”

かく · kaku

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 18 strokes

The story

Grain (禾) beside a hand (又) catching a bird (隹) under grass (艹): picture snatching up the crop the way you would grab a bird. 穫 lives in 収穫, harvest, a farm's yield and anything you gain, as in 今日は収穫があった, today was worth it.

Used in 収穫 (shuukaku, harvest/gain), 収穫量 (shuukakuryou, crop yield), and 収穫期 (shuukakuki, harvest season)

More from Paddy & Pasture

• 穂 ear of grain
• 芽 bud
• 苗 seedling
• 刈 cut
• 穀 grain
• 臼 mortar
• 墾 break ground
• 沃 fertile
• 稲 rice plant
• 牧 pasture
• 飼 keep
• 壌 soil

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.