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米

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 479 / 2,608

Rice

On’yomi
べい、まい
Kun’yomi
こめ
Radical
米 Rice (Kangxi 119)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 渡 (Transit), less common than 局 (Bureau).

The character 米 (rice) looks like a stalk with grains scattering in all directions — each stroke is a grain of rice bursting from the center.

In words

米 こめ uncooked riceN4
南米 なんべい South AmericaN2
欧米 おうべい Europe and America,the WestN2

米 is rank 479 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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