米

rice

Lv 8

Strokes: 6

JLPT: N3

Jōyō: Grade 2

Meanings

rice RTKAmerica

Mnemonic Aliases

Narrative names used in mnemonics for this kanji.

rice fields(mnemonic)rice grains(mnemonic)rice seedlings(mnemonic)rice-seedlings(mnemonic)rice-seedlings still stuck in the soil(mnemonic)swept rice(mnemonic)

Community Mnemonic

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Stroke order: I like to think of the first two strokes as “chop sticks” with which one eats the rice. The rest then is the “tree” meaning “plant” in this contexct.

Source: Kanji Koohii community