also: べいふん
rice flour
Flour made from ground rice, used in Japanese cooking for mochi, dango, and gluten-free baking.
This bread is made with rice flour.
米粉を使って団子を作りましょう。
Let's make dango using rice flour.
rice bread
Standard kanji spelling; the reading こめこ is the most common.
Alternate reading べいふん is less common and may appear in technical or older contexts.
Compound of 米 (こめ, rice) and 粉 (こ, flour). The reading べいふん uses the on'yomi of both characters.