A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 6 strokes

Rice ; Usa ; Metre

Readings on: ベイ・マイ・メエトル
Kun readings: こめ・よね

米こめ — raw rice

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 白米はくまい — white rice Source
• 米価べいか — price of rice Source
• 米粒こめつぶ — grain of rice Source
• 南米なんべい — South America Source
• 日米にちべい — Japan and the United States Source
• 玄米げんまい — brown rice; whole rice Source