Radicals › #119 米
米
米 — the “rice” radical
grains of rice 9 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 米 radical (9)
米rice, USA精refined, ghost糧provisions, food粘sticky, glutinous糖sugar粉flour, powder粒grains, drop粗coarse, rough粋chic, style
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