米

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rice

On-Yomi: ベイ、マイ、メエトル — Kun-Yomi: こめ、よね

Koohii stories:

1) [fuaburisu] 10-10-2005(154): Stroke order: I like to think of the first two strokes as “chop sticks” with which one eats the rice. The rest then is the “tree” meaning “plant” in this contexct. also: USA.

2) [meolox] 19-12-2007(52): Two drops of rice in a tree, simple.

3) [inaka_rob] 17-4-2012(23): 88! Japanese people think of this Kanji as 88. Each grain of rice holds 88 gods inside. Anyway, that is the origins of this kanji. It's easy to remember: Each grain of rice holds 88 gods. 八十八 written as one character. just remember one 八 is upside down.

4) [ziggr] 29-9-2006(10): Avoid rice-grains in stories that use the full 6-stroke 米 , use cups of rice instead. Reserve rice-grains for the abbreviated 5-stroke version as in lacquer (#932 漆)漆 and Esq. (#933 様)様.

5) [rinkuhero] 20-9-2011(9): Rice grows on trees in America.

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