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餅

餅 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 15 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. むぎこもち。練った穀粉を丸めて潰してうすい円盤状にして焼くか蒸したもの。
  2. 円盤状のもの
  3. （国訓）もち。
  4. （麻雀）ピンズ。南方では「筒（子）」

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「食」+音符「并」。ある種の食べ物を意味する漢語｛餅｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

mochi rice cake

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヘイJHS
  • ヒョウ
Kun (native)
  • もちJHS
  • もちい
Other languages
  • 拼音bing3
  • 한글byeong
  • Hán-ViệtBính

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
食(しょく)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9905

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰飠并

Words using this kanji

  • 餅もち（もち）炊いた米をつき固め一塊にした食物。mochi
  • 餅網もちあみgrill or grate for toasting rice cakes
  • 餅屋もちやrice cake shop keeper, rice cake store (shop)
  • 餅草もちぐさJapanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
  • 餅餤べいだん平安時代につくられた唐菓子。Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares
  • 餅代もちだいmoney to see one over the New Year period
  • 餅花もちばなNew Year's decoration of willow, etc. branches with colored rice balls
  • 餅粉もちこglutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour
  • 餅病もちびょうrice cake disease, blister blight
  • 餅盤へいばんマグマが地層同士の間に貫入し、鏡餅のように固まったもの。laccolith
  • 餅粥もちがゆrice gruel with mochi, azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month
  • 餅つきもちつきpounding mochi
  • 餅病菌もちびょうきんrice cake disease bacteria, blister blight bacteria
  • 餅巾着もちきんちゃくmochikinchaku
  • 餅踏みもちふみcustom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday
  • 餅負いもちおいcustom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday
  • 餅まきもちまきthrowing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building
  • 餅投げもちなげthrowing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building
  • 餅つけもちつけcalm down
  • 餅いなりもちいなりsticky rice wrapped in deep-fried tofu

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(108 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-6
Four Corner
8874.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8b6.4
Heisig
1590
Nelson
5166