Pre-Level 1
稗

Meaning

Kanji 稗

deccan grass

deccan grass, humble

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ひえ
Onyomi 音読み
ハイヒ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
14
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
碑 • 箄 • 粺 • 蜱 • 裨 • 俾 • 婢

Related vocabulary

8 common entries

Showing 8 of 8 entries that include this kanji.

稗

ひえ

barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta)

稗官

はいかん

petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China)

稗史

はいし

people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel)

裨益

ひえき

benefit

四国稗

しこくびえ

finger millet (Eleusine coracana)

雀の子稗

すずめのこびえ

Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)

雀の稗

すずめのひえ

Japanese paspalum (Paspalum thunbergii)

唐人稗

とうじんびえ

pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

祖父は畑で稗を育てている。

My grandfather grows deccan grass in his field.

昔は稗も大切な食べ物だった。

In the past, deccan grass was also an important food.

この村では稗を粥にして食べる。

In this village, they eat deccan grass as porridge.

稗の穂が風に揺れていた。

The ears of deccan grass were swaying in the wind.

母は稗をよく洗ってから鍋に入れた。

My mother washed the deccan grass well before putting it into the pot.