餅 – mochi rice cake

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2152 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 餅 means mochi rice cake. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヘイ、ヒョウ (hei, hyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is もち、もちい (mochi, mochii). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 食 (no. 184).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヘイ	hei
On’yomi	ヒョウ	hyou
Kun’yomi	もち	mochi
Kun’yomi	もちい	mochii

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: 食 (Kangxi radical 184). Components: ｜・ノ・一・食・二・并・廾.

Words using 餅

餅もちmochi

Example sentences

彼は餅をすっかり食べたわけではない。

He didn't eat all of the rice cakes.

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Kanji with the same radical

食館養飲飯飾飼飢飽餌飴饉

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