Kanji

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Meaning: rice cake

Kunyomi: もち もちい

Onyomi: ヘイ ヒョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: eat, food

Examples

Onyomi Examples

供餅 クモチ mochi rice cakes used as offering

Kunyomi Examples

もち mochi, (sticky) rice cake

餅網 もちあみ grill or grate for toasting rice cakes

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

高麗 こうらいもち Kagoshima mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste, koraimochi

もち mochi, (sticky) rice cake

三日の餅 みかのもちい Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony