Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Rice

Alternative

America

Mnemonic

The rice radical and rice kanji are the same in looks and meaning. This kanji can also mean America, maybe because America is covered in rice or fields or something?

Readings

On’yomi

べい, まい

Kun’yomi

こめ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

A ton of rice is grown in America. And yet you never see rice in American cuisine. So where's all that unused rice going? Actually, it all gets dumped into a big bay (べい). They have too much rice and no place to store it, so they've started using bays to store it.

Visually Similar Kanji

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