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餅

mochi rice cake
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingヘイ、ヒョウ
Kun readingもち、もちい
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. mochi rice cake
  2. mochiRtK
  1. mochi
  2. small rice cake made from glutinous rice

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eat · food · umbrella · good · halo · drop (丶) · silver (金) · puzzle · horns · two hands

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1590

Compound words

煎餅せんべい
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
草餅くさもち
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort; mugwort rice cake
鏡餅かがみもち
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
餅つきもちつき
pounding mochi

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 餅

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