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餅 = 并 + 食
餅 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mochi”. It is built from 并 (eight radical) and 食 (eat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1590.
- Keyword
- mochi
- RTK frame
- 1590
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヘイ, ヒョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- もち, もちい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- mochi rice cake, мочи
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 餅 rice-cakes
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 餅 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eight radical” + “eat”. 餅 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 餅 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.