米

rice, USA, metre

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ベイマイメエトル

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

こめよね

Nanori (名乗り)

はべまべめよよなよのよま

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:6

JLPT:N3

Frequency:61

Vocabulary

ベイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
全米	ゼンベイ	all-America; pan-American; all of America
中南米	チュウナンベイ	Central and South America
南米	ナンベイ	South America
日米	ニチベイ	Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
反米	ハンベイ	anti-American

マイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
玄米	ゲンマイ	unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
新米	シンマイ	new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer; new hand
精米	セイマイ	rice polishing; polished rice
外米	ガイマイ	foreign rice
古米	コマイ	old rice; rice remaining from the previous year's harvest

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
キロ米	キロメートル	kilometer; kilometre
米	メートル	metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
米	こめ	(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
米	コメ	(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
米倉	こめぐら	rice granary

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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