稼

Verb: To sow or plant grain; to cultivate cereal crops.

Noun: The crop itself, whether growing in the field or harvested as sheaves (metonymic shift from the act of planting to the resulting yield).

Temporal scope can be punctiliar (the specific act of sowing) or durative (the general state of cultivation or the entire growing season).

Common patterns include:

• 稼穑 (jià sè): The full agricultural cycle of sowing and harvesting.
• 稼作 (jià zuò): Agricultural labor/work.

Contrast with 農 (nóng): While 農 refers to agriculture as a broad profession, social class, or general industry, 稼 is more technical and specific to the biological cycle of grain cultivation and the physical labor involved in the soil.