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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

61 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: rice, USA, metre

Kunyomi: こめ, よね

Onyomi: ベイ, マイ, メエトル

米

Radical

Radical: 米

Reading: こめ

Meaning: rice

Strokes: 6

⽶

Examples

Examples with audio

米価(べいか)   rice price

米国(べいこく)   America, U.S.A.

米軍(べいぐん)   the US armed forces

欧米(おうべい)   Europe and America, the West

北米(ほくべい)   North America

南米(なんべい)   South America

日米(にちべい)   Japan-America

渡米する(とべいする)   go to U.S.A.

玄米(げんまい)   unpolished rice, unmilled rice

精米(せいまい)   polished rice

米(こめ)   uncooked rice

米屋(こめや)   rice shop, rice dealer

Onyomi Examples

米 (ベイ) (United States of) America, USA

米価 (ベイカ) rice price

在米 (ザイベイ) staying in the United States, residing in the United States, being situated in the United States (of a foreign embassy, company, etc.)

対米 (タイベイ) relating to the USA, toward America, with America

精米 (セイマイ) rice polishing, polished rice

白米 (ハクマイ) polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

Kunyomi Examples

米 (こめ) (husked grains of) rice, staple (product, etc.), necessity, (online) comment

米倉 (こめぐら) rice granary

お米 (おこめ) (husked grains of) rice

アルボリオ米 (アルボリオこめ) arborio rice (Italian variety)

米 (よね) 88 years old, rice

米沢牛 (よねざわぎゅう) Yonezawa beef

白米 (はくまい) polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

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