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黍 (きび) — millet | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji
黍

黍

黍きび

millet

Kanji Food & Dining12 strokes

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Kun'yomi

きび

On'yomi

ショ

millet

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Concepts using this kanji

corn (Zea mays)

sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis)

corn (Zea mays)

corn

sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)

Indian millet

Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)

sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum)

(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum)

sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

glutinous millet

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