餅: Mochi Rice CakeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ヘイ・ヒョウ)

• 煎餅せんべいrice cracker; senbei
• ぬれ煎餅ぬれせんべいmoist rice cracker; rice cracker covered in a soy-based sauce
• ソース煎餅ソースせんべいsauce-flavoured rice crackers
• 塩煎餅しおせんべいrice cracker seasoned with soy sauce; salty rice cracker

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 餅もちmochi; (sticky) rice cake
• あべかわ餅あべかわもちabekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
• あられ餅あられもちroasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, or sweetened with sugar, etc.)
• うぐいす餅うぐいすもちmochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour
• お餅おもちrice cakes; pounded mochi rice
• かき餅かきもちmochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
• きなこ餅きなこもちmochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
• きな粉餅きなこもちmochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
• とち餅とちもちcake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice
• ぼた餅ぼたもちadzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
• わらび餅わらびもちbracken-starch dumpling; type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch
• 一升餅いっしょうもちlarge mochi, usu. for ceremonies
• 三日の餅みかのもちいHeian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
• 三日夜の餅みかよのもちHeian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
• 五平餅ごへいもちskewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
• 亥の子餅いのこもちday-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)
• 伸し餅のしもちflattened rice cakes
• 供え餅そなえもちoffering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering
• 供餅くもちmochi rice cakes used as offering
• 凍り餅こおりもちmochi freeze-dried in the winter air
• 切り餅きりもちrice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
• 力餅ちからもちfortifying mochi; mochi that improves one's strength
• 大根餅だいこんもちturnip cake (dim sum dish); radish cake
• 大福餅だいふくもちrice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam
• 大食上戸餅食らいたいしょくじょうごもちくらいeating a lot, drinking a lot, and on top of that, eating mochi
• 寒餅かんもちmochi made in winter
• 尻餅しりもちfalling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall
• 尻餅をつくしりもちをつくto fall on one's backside
• 尻餅を付くしりもちをつくto fall on one's backside
• 尻餅を着くしりもちをつくto fall on one's backside
• 山椒餅さんしょうもちmochi with sanshō (Sichuan pepper)
• 御幣餅ごへいもちskewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
• 御餅おもちrice cakes; pounded mochi rice
• 愛敬の餅あいきょうのもちいHeian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
• 掻き餅かきもちmochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
• 柏餅かしわもちrice cakes wrapped in oak leaves
• 柿餅かきもちpersimmon-filled mochi
• 栃餅とちもちcake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice
• 桜餅さくらもちrice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
• 棚からぼた餅たなからぼたもちsudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck
• 欠き餅かきもちmochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
• 水の餅みずのもちmochi offered when drawing the first water of the year
• 水餅みずもちmochi soaked in water (to protect against mold); rice cakes preserved in water
• 氷餅こおりもちmochi freeze-dried in the winter air

Other readings

• 五十日の餅いかのもちいmochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day
• 伸餅のしもちflattened rice cakes
• 切餅きりもちrice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
• 安倍川餅あべかわもちabekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
• 御焼き餅おやきかちんroasted mochi
• 御焼餅おやきかちんroasted mochi
• 掻餅かきもちmochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
• 月餅げっぺいmooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
• 柚餅子ゆべしsweet yuzu-flavoured steamed dumpling
• 棚から牡丹餅たなからぼたもちsudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck
• 椿餅つばいもちいrice-cake sweet sandwiched between two camellia leaves
• 欠餅かきもちmochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried

Showing the 60 most common of 143 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 餅

• 煎
• 焼
• 子
• 粉
• 尻
• 御
• 日
• 大
• 花
• 黄
• 三
• 五