Kanji 米 — "Rice"
Here is what 米 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Rice" stick.
Also means: America
How it is read
べい, まい, めえとる
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
こめ, よね
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Just like the component — Rice is rice!
- 米 Rice
A Tree (木) with Horns (丷) on both sides - those horns are rice grains bursting out, making this component mean Rice.
Words that use 米
3 of 3 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 米 こめ uncooked rice
- 欧米 おうべい Europe and America, the West
- 南米 なんべい South America
Want 米 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
