飥
rice cake
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Readings
On'yomi
- タク
Kun'yomi
- もち
Meaning
飥 centers on a specific type of food: a rice cake. The meaning is narrow and concrete, referring to a traditional pounded-rice treat.
Most common words using 飥
- 餺飥ほうとう
hōtō; flat udon noodles in vegetable soup
Study
Etymology
飥 combines the food radical 飠 with 乇, which likely contributes the sound. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the character is used for a specific rice cake.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 飠 is food, and the right side 乇 looks like a simple mound. Picture a mound of pounded rice shaped into a cake: 飥 is a rice cake.
Reading mnemonic
For タク, imagine a tack stuck into a soft rice cake to hold a decoration: tack -> タク, and the rice cake is the food 飥.