Japanese Symbols

Japanese Kanji

餅

hei

mochi rice cake

Secondary school · 14 strokes

Readings

  • ONヘイhei
  • ONヒョウhyou
  • KUNもちmochi
  • KUNもちいmochii

Meaning

Mochi rice cake.

Stroke order

Stroke order for 餅

餅 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. With 14 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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