rolled barley; rolled oats
Refers to grains (usually barley or oats) that have been steamed and flattened. Commonly used in cooking, especially for adding to rice or soups.
I put rolled barley in the rice cooker and cook it together with rice.
Adding rolled barley to soup gives it thickness.
Oatmeal; often refers to the porridge or the rolled oats used for it. 押し麦 can include rolled barley as well.
Standard spelling for rolled barley or oats.
Variant without okurigana; less common but seen in product names.
Ateji-like variant using 圧 (pressure); rarely used.
Compound of 押し (oshi, 'pressing') + 麦 (mugi, 'barley/wheat'), referring to the process of steaming and flattening the grains.