also: かれいい
dried boiled rice
Rice that has been boiled and then dried, used as a preserved food. Often associated with historical or travel contexts.
Travelers in the old days carried dried boiled rice as portable food.
Standard kanji spelling for dried boiled rice.
Archaic or dialectal reading; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 乾 (dried) and 飯 (rice). The reading かれい is a historical shift from かれいい, which is now rare.