餅

mochi rice cake

Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingヘイ、ヒョウ

Kun readingもち、もちい

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

mochi rice cake
餅は餅屋。Every man to his trade.tatoeba
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.tatoeba
mochiRtK

mochi
small rice cake made from glutinous rice

Synonyms

Radicals and components

Radical食eat 飠variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eat · food · umbrella · good · halo · drop (丶) · silver (金) · puzzle · horns · two hands

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1590

Compound words

草餅くさもち

rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort; mugwort rice cake

鏡餅かがみもち

kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11

餅つきもちつき

pounding mochi

煎餅せんべい

(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei

mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour

rice cake wrapped in oak leaves

菱餅ひしもち

rhombus-shaped mochi

蓬餅よもぎもち

rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort

餅餤べいだん

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

蕨餅わらびもち

warabimochi

葩餅はなびらもち

sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi

霰餅あられもち

roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, or sweetened with sugar, etc.)

餡餅あんもち

mochi rice cake with red bean jam filling

鶯餅うぐいすもち

mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour

ぼた餅ぼたもち

adzuki bean-covered mochi

牡丹餅ぼたもち

adzuki bean-covered mochi

空也餅くうやもち

chunky mochi made with half-polished rice, stuffed with red bean paste

餅踏みもちふみ

toddler first-birthday rice cake custom

Additional Examples

棚からぼた餅とはこのことだ。

This is what they call a lucky break.tatoeba

君の夢一杯のビジネスプラン、絵に描いた餅にならんことを切に望むよ。

This business plan of yours seems almost too optimistic. All I can say is I hope it's more than just wishful thinking.tatoeba

絵に書いた餅は食べられない。

Never confuse art with life.tatoeba

牡丹餅で腰打つ。

His bread is buttered on both sides.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 餅

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step