秸 (jiē) is a Chinese character meaning “the stalks of crops such as wheat, rice or corn left after”. It is written from 禾 (grain; standing grain) and 吉 (auspicious; lucky), side by side, and takes 11 strokes.
Build the character for “straw; crop stalks”
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Structure
禾 + 吉
Left–right structure
Structure from: studyhanzi 现代字形拆分（禾 5 画 + 吉 6 画 = 11 画，与 hanzi-writer-data 笔顺一致）
Memory aid
After the grain (禾) is threshed, the lucky (吉) farmer still has the stalks left over — that leftover straw is 秸.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
11 strokes
In real words
- 秸秆jiē gǎncrop stalks; straw秸 = jiē
- 麦秸mài jiēwheat straw秸 = jiē
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All readings
straw; crop stalks
the stalks of crops such as wheat, rice or corn left after threshing
某些农作物脱粒后剩下的茎。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 秸秆jiē gǎncrop stalks; straw秸 = jiē
- 麦秸mài jiēwheat straw秸 = jiē
Sound component
吉 family rime near
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 秸 mean?
秸 (jiē) means the stalks of crops such as wheat, rice or corn left after threshing.
How do you pronounce 秸?
It is pronounced jiē.
What parts is 秸 made of?
禾 (grain; standing grain) and 吉 (auspicious; lucky), side by side. The recorded source is: studyhanzi 现代字形拆分（禾 5 画 + 吉 6 画 = 11 画，与 hanzi-writer-data 笔顺一致）. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 秸 have?
11. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 秸?
禾. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 秸?
Common ones are 秸秆 and 麦秸. The reading of 秸 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.