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Meanings

rice
seedlings

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
オウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
なえ

Common Words

なえ
Noun
Freq #24454
1

rice seedling

水鶏
クイナ
秧鶏
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #82328
1

rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)

そうおう
Noun
Freq #115043
1

Obsolete term

rice planting

しまくいな
Noun
1

Swinhoe's yellow rail (Porzana exquisita)

緋秧鶏
緋水鶏
ヒクイナ
Noun
Usually kana
1

ruddy-breasted crake (Porzana fusca)

姫水鶏
姫秧鶏
ヒメクイナ
Noun
Usually kana
1

Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)

鶉水鶏
鶉秧鶏
ウズラクイナ
Noun
Usually kana
1

corn crake; corncrake; land rail (Crex crex)

眉白水鶏
眉白秧鶏
マミジロクイナ
Noun
Usually kana
1

white-browed crake (species of rail, Porzana cinerea)

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