黍 — kanji meaning “millet”
黍
millet
- Meanings
- millet
- On'yomi
- ショ (sho)
- Kun'yomi
- きび
- Strokes
- 12
- Classical radical
- 202
- Chinese reading
- shǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 黍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玉蜀黍 | とうもろこし toumorokoshi | corn (Zea mays); maize |
| 蜀黍 | もろこし morokoshi | sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet |
| 砂糖黍 | さとうきび satoukibi | sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) |
| 黍魚子 | きびなご kibinago | silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis); slender sprat |
| 唐黍 | とうきび toukibi | Indian millet |
| 南蛮黍 | なんばんきび nanbankibi | corn; maize |
| 砂糖蜀黍 | さとうもろこし satoumorokoshi | sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum) |
| 高黍 | たかきび takakibi | sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet |
| 糯黍 | もちきび mochikibi | glutinous millet; sticky millet |
| 西蛮蜀黍 | せいばんもろこし seibanmorokoshi | Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense); Johnsongrass; Egyptian millet |
| 玉黍 | たまきび tamakibi | corn (Zea mays) |
| 粳黍 | うるきび urukibi | nonglutinous millet |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.