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餅 means 'mochi'

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Strokes : 14 Frequency: 1937 JLPT: N1 Usefulness: 5 Study set: 5-36 Grade: 8 Intermediate lesson: - Beginner lesson: - Begins 25 words Used in 103 words Used in 63 names Not used as a component

Jōyō (常用)

Common readings

ヘイ

Kun

もち mochi

Additional readings

On ヒョウ

Kun もちい

Variants

餠

Components

⿰ 𩙿 (食) eat; food 并 combine

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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 餅 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.

Across all words in Japanese, 餅 is used 84 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).

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ヘイ : 2 words FIND ALL

へいばん

餅盤

noun

laccolith (see also: ラコリス; geology, etc. term)

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ヘイ (read as ぺい) : 2 words FIND ALL

げっぺい

月餅

noun

mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China

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ヘイ (read as べい) : 1 word FIND ALL

せんべい

煎餅

noun

rice cracker; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

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もち : 77 words FIND ALL

もち

餅

Most common form: もち

noun

sticky rice cake (see also: 糯; often written with kana only)

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もちい : 2 words FIND ALL

noun

Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

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An additional 19 less common words include 餅 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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