Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

2152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: mochi rice cake

Kunyomi: もち もちい

Onyomi: ヘイ ヒョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: eat, food

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ベイダン Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

ヘイバン laccolith

ガベイ something useless, picture of rice cakes

クモチ mochi rice cakes used as offering

Kunyomi Examples

もち mochi, (sticky) rice cake

もちあみ grill or grate for toasting rice cakes

椿 つばいもちい rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves

五平 ごへいもち skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso

もち mochi, (sticky) rice cake

いなり もちいなり sticky rice wrapped in deep-fried tofu

椿 つばいもちい rice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves

愛敬の あいきょうのもちい Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony