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Chinese symbol for “mochi”

麻糬
má shǔ
(transliteration of Japanese "mochi") sticky rice balls; mochi

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mochi is 麻糬 (má shǔ), defined as: (transliteration of Japanese "mochi") sticky rice balls; mochi.

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Characters and stroke order

麻 má
hemp, flax, sesame; numb
radical 200 ⿇ · 11 strokes
糬 shǔ
sticky rice; mochi
radical 119 ⽶ · 19 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 麻糬.

WordPinyinMeaning
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
大麻dà máhemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis
麻将 (麻將)má jiàngmahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù)
麻醉má zuìanesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)
麻木má mùnumb; insensitive
麻雀má quèsparrow; (dialect) mahjong

See also: Japanese symbol for “mochi”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.