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餅

Meaning

Kanji 餅

mochi rice cake

mochi rice cake

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
もちもちい
Onyomi 音読み
ヘイヒョウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 饼 (Itaiji) • Old form: 餠 • Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
#2152
Strokes
14 (juga 15)
Radical
食
Components
一 • | • ノ • 二 • 并 • 廾 • 食
Kanji Kentei
Level 2
Similar Kanji
併 • 瓶 • 并 • 幷 • 剏 • 屏 • 垪

Related vocabulary

34 common entries

Showing 34 of 113 entries that include this kanji.

餅

もち

mochi

もち肌

もちはだ

soft skin

もち米

もちごめ

glutinous rice

筒子

ピンズ

dot tiles

餅いなり

もちいなり

sticky rice wrapped in deep-fried tofu

餅つき

もちつき

pounding mochi

餅は餅屋

もちはもちや

every man knows his own business best

餅まき

もちまき

throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building

餅屋

もちや

rice cake shop keeper

餅花

もちばな

New Year's decoration of willow, etc. branches with colored rice balls

餅菓子

もちがし

bean-jam cake

餅粥

もちがゆ

azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

おやつに餅を一つ食べた。

I ate one mochi for a snack.

正月には餅を食べる家が多い。

Many families eat mochi during the New Year.

この餅はやわらかくておいしい。

This mochi is soft and tasty.

熱い餅を急いで飲み込んではいけない。

You should not swallow hot mochi in a hurry.

あんこ入りの餅が好きです。

I like mochi filled with sweet red bean paste.