字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE甲903 (商)
Oracle bone and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Textiles, Plants & Food
米
米 rice, grain (side form)
こめへん komehen · side form of 米 こめ kome
6 strokesRadical of 10 kanjiPart of 18
Your ink in 米0% painted · 0 of 10 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Rice kernels without husk. The character 粟, by contrast, refers to rice kernels with husk.
Source: Wiktionary, 米 (rev. 93544920), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Fuel of the world! This radical represents the essential grain that has powered human civilization for thousands of years. When you see it on the left, think of cooking, daily nutrition, small particles (like grains of sand or powder), and the vast energy of the harvest. It is the radical of the kitchen, the farm, and the fundamental sustenance that keeps life moving forward.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates rice, grains, food and cooking, small particles (powder), costs and fees, or the energy derived from food.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 米, with sourced origins
- 粉flourフン · デシメートル
- 糖sugarトウ
米 + 唐sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 粒grainsリュウ · つぶ
米 + 立sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 米 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 10 kanji