粔
cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings
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Readings
On'yomi
- キョ
Kun'yomi
- ご
Meaning
粔 centers on a specific type of traditional confection: cakes made from rice flour that are twisted into ring shapes.
Study
Etymology
粔 combines 米 (rice) with 巨, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the twisted ring shape. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is rice 米, and the right side 巨 looks like a giant twisted ring. Picture giant rings of rice flour dough twisted into cakes.
Reading mnemonic
For キョ, imagine a giant key-shaped rice cake twisted into a ring: key -> キョ, and the key unlocks the taste of the traditional sweet.