Japanese symbol for “mochi”
餅
もち
Romaji: mochi
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
In Japanese, mochi is 餅, read もち (mochi).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice (food)
Written forms: 餅、餠. Readings: もち.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “mochi”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糯 | もち mochi | mochi (glutinous rice or other grain, sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes) |
| お餅 | おもち omochi | mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice |
| おかちん | おかちん okachin | mochi |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煎餅 | せんべい senbei | (Japanese) rice cracker; senbei |
| 桜餅 | さくらもち sakuramochi | rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf |
| 月餅 | げっぺい geppei | mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China |
| 鏡餅 | かがみもち kagamimochi | kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11 |
| 餅屋 | もちや mochiya | rice cake shop keeper; rice cake store (shop) |
| 菱餅 | ひしもち hishimochi | rhombus-shaped mochi |
See also: Chinese symbol for “mochi”.
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