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餅 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「⻞」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「⻞」
On
ヘイ・ヒョウへい・ひょう · hei · hyō
Kun
もち・もちいmochi · mochii
Meaning
mochi; rice cake

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Food plus joining together: rice pounded and worked into one mass — mochi.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヘイへいhei煎餅せんべい
Kunもちmochi餅屋もちや尻餅しりもち

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 煎餅せんべい

    rice cracker

  • 尻餅しりもち

    falling on one’s backside

More words with this kanji

  • 菱餅ひしもち
  • 柏餅かしわもち
  • 蕨餅わらびもち
  • 橡餅とちもち
  • 餅搗きもちつき
  • 槲餅かしわもち

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

正月(しょうがつ)には餅(もち)を焼(や)いて食(た)べる。

At New Year we grill and eat mochi.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

尻餅煎餅餅尻buttoc…煎roast餌bait飢starve飯cooked…飭to set…飴candy蔽cover氷ice丙third…平flat幵level
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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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