noun
proso millet; common millet
Refers to the grain Panicum miliaceum, often used in birdseed or traditional Japanese confections. The word is usually written in kana.
キビは小鳥の餌によく使われる。
Millet is often used as birdseed.
このお菓子にはキビが入っている。
This sweet contains millet.
Kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese. The word is usually written in kana.
Alternate kanji form; very rare and mostly historical.
The origin is uncertain. The word is native Japanese, and the kanji 黍 and 稷 are Chinese characters adopted for this grain.