米

米 — rice, usa, metre

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 6
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #61 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: べい bei

まい mai

めえとる meetoru
Kun'yomi: こめ kome

よね yone

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 米

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