# 米 — rice; USA

米 means “rice; USA”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 6 strokes. On'yomi: ベイ (bei), マイ (mai). Kun'yomi: こめ (kome), よね (yone). You'll see it in words such as 米 (kome, “rice”).

- Meaning: rice; USA
- On'yomi: ベイ (bei), マイ (mai)
- Kun'yomi: こめ (kome), よね (yone)
- Strokes: 6
- Level: JLPT N3 · set A bit of everything 1

## Words with 米

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 米 | こめ (kome) | rice |

## Don't confuse it with

[木](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/tree/) · [本](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/book/) · [休](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/rest/) · [体](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/body/) · [末](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/tip/) · [来](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/come/) · [料](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/fee/) · [科](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/academic-subject/)

## More in the “A bit of everything 1” set

[米](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/rice/) · [革](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/leather/) · [夫](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/husband/) · [消](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/extinguish/) · [育](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/bring-up/) · [酒](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/sake/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/rice/. Last updated 2026-11-01.