米 Kanji – rice
The Japanese kanji 米 can mean rice, USA, metre.
Meaning and Readings
How is 米 read?
米 has the onyomi readings ベイ, マイ, メエトル and the kunyomi readings こめ, よね.
In romaji, these readings can be written as bei, mai, meetoru, kome, yone.
Common Japanese Words Using 米
These common Japanese words contain 米. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 米（メートル） — metre (unit of length), meter
- 亜米利加（アメリカ） — (United States of) America, United States, US, USA
- 外米（がいまい） — foreign rice
- 玄米（げんまい） — unpolished rice, unmilled rice, brown rice
- 新米（しんまい） — new rice, first rice crop of the year
- 精米（せいまい） — rice polishing, polished rice
- 全米（ぜんべい） — all-America, pan-American, all of America
- 中南米（ちゅうなんべい） — Central and South America
- 南米（なんべい） — South America
- 日米（にちべい） — Japan and the United States, Japanese-American