Onyomi: ベイ, マイ, メエトル · Kunyomi: こめ, よね · Meanings: USA, metre, rice
Kanji for usa, metre, rice
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米 is formed as a single structure representing grain, specifically rice. The small strokes in the character symbolize the grains spreading out or being divided. From this idea, 米 came to mean rice, and by extension, it can represent grain or cereal in general.
米 represents rice or grain, meaning rice or cereal.
米 is used when referring to rice, grain, or cereal. Remember 米 as the character for rice, the staple food.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 米 | メートル | metre (unit of length), meter | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 米 | こめ | (husked grains of) rice | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 米 | べい | (United States of) America, USA | common Noun |
| 米 | よね | 88 years old | Noun |
| 米国 | べいこく | (United States of) America, USA, US | common Noun |
| 米価 | べいか | rice price | common Noun |
| 米作 | べいさく | rice crop | Noun |
| 米杉 | べいすぎ | red cedar (Thuja plicata) | Noun |
| 米航空宇宙局 | べいこうくううちゅうきょく | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA | Noun |
| 米国人 | べいこくじん | American person | Noun |