米 – rice, USA, metre

6 strokesTaught in grade 2#61 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 米 means rice, USA, metre. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ベイ、マイ、メエトル (bei, mai, meetoru); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こめ、よね (kome, yone). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 米 (no. 119).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ベイ	bei
On’yomi	マイ	mai
On’yomi	メエトル	meetoru
Kun’yomi	こめ	kome
Kun’yomi	よね	yone

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 米 (Kangxi radical 119).

Words using 米

米こめ(husked grains of) rice欧米おうべいEurope and the United States南米なんべいSouth America

Example sentences

わが国の主な農産物は米である。

The chief crop of our country is rice.

Tatoeba #192022

医学では日本は欧米に追いつきました。

Japan has caught up with Europe and America in medicine.

Tatoeba #190960

私は清水の舞台から飛び降りる気持ちで南米に渡ります。

I am going to take a big chance by migrating to South America.

Tatoeba #155561

Kanji with the same radical

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.