# 餅

| 餅 | U+9905, &#39173; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9905 |
| ← 餄 [U+9904] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 餆 → [U+9906] |

## Translingual
### Han character

餅 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+6, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人戈廿廿 (OITT), four-corner 8874$_1$, composition ⿰飠并(GHTV) or ⿰𩙿并(JK))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1419, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44133
* Dae Jaweon: page 1943, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4453, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9905

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 餅 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 鵧 | *bi |
| 駢 | *beːn |
| 胼 | *beːn |
| 骿 | *beːn |
| 軿 | *beːn, *beːŋ |
| 賆 | *beːn |
| 跰 | *preŋs, *beːn |
| 恲 | *pʰreŋ |
| 鮩 | *breŋʔ, *beːŋʔ, *biɡ |
| 絣 | *preːŋ |
| 拼 | *preːŋ |
| 迸 | *preːŋs |
| 姘 | *pʰreːŋ, *pʰeːŋ |
| 皏 | *pʰreːŋʔ |
| 併 | *breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ |
| 并 | *peŋ, *peŋs |
| 栟 | *peŋ |
| 屏 | *peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ |
| 箳 | *peŋ, *beːŋ |
| 餅 | *peŋʔ |
| 鉼 | *peŋʔ |
| 摒 | *peŋs |
| 庰 | *beŋs |
| 偋 | *beŋs |
| 艵 | *pʰeːŋ |
| 頩 | *pʰeːŋ, *pʰeːŋʔ |
| 竮 | *pʰeːŋ, *beːŋ |
| 瓶 | *beːŋ |
| 缾 | *beːŋ |
| 蛢 | *beːŋ |
| 荓 | *beːŋ |
| 郱 | *beːŋ |
| 洴 | *beːŋ |
| 蓱 | *beːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *peŋʔ): semantic 飠 (“food”) + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs); traditional glyph form during Ming and Qing dynasty used to advocate 幷 (as in 餠) based on the influence of Shuowen.

### Etymology 1

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(p/b)ljaŋ (“plank; palm; flat surface; wing”), whence also 平 (OC *ben, *beŋ, “level, even, flat”)?”

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǐng (bing$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): beng$^2$ / bing$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): biang$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): piáng
    (Hailu, HRS): biang$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): biang$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bing$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): biāng / piāng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): piáⁿ / péng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bian$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$pin
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bin$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐng
*** Wade–Giles: ping$^3$
*** Yale: bǐng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biing
*** Palladius: бин (bin)
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: beng$^2$ / bing$^2$
*** Yale: béng / bíng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: beng$^2$ / bing$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béng$^2$ / bing$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛːŋ³⁵/, /pɪŋ³⁵/
* beng2 - vernacular;
* bing2 - literary (rare).
* Middle Chinese: pjiengX
Rime :
| Character | 餅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 必郢切 |
| Baxter | pjiengX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piᴇŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piæŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /piajŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /piɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯ɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bǐng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bing$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*peŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*peŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 餅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bǐng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjieng$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*peŋʔ/ |
| English | cake |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 餅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 934 |
| Phonetic component | 并 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 餅 |
| Old Chinese | /*peŋʔ/ |

#### Definitions

餅
* flat wheaten food, such as flatbread, pancake, biscuit, and pie
    月餅／月饼 ― yuèbǐng ― mooncake
    曲奇餅／曲奇饼 ― qūqíbǐng ― cookie
* (obsolete) noodles
    湯餅／汤饼 ― tāngbǐng ― noodle soup
    涼餅／凉饼 ― liángbǐng ― cold noodles
* any flatbread-shaped object
    茶餅／茶饼 ― chábǐng ― dried tea leaves pressed into the shape of a disc
    肉餅／肉饼 ― ròubǐng ― meat patty
    麵餅／面饼 ― miànbǐng ― disc (block) of instant noodles
* (Cantonese) Western-style pastry (usually cake) (Classifier: 件 c)
    Synonym: 西餅 / 西饼 (sai$^1$ beng$^2$)
* (Cantonese, figuratively) pie (the whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
    分餅仔／分饼仔 [Cantonese] ― fan$^1$ beng$^2$ zai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to have a piece of the pie
* (Cantonese) Classifier for video cassettes.
    呢餅帶／呢饼带 [Cantonese] ― ni$^1$ beng$^2$ daai$^{3-2}$ [Jyutping] ― this cassette
* (Cantonese) Classifier for flat objects, especially ones that are crumpled or tangled.
    一餅麵／一饼面 [Cantonese] ― jat$^1$ beng$^2$ min$^6$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
       go$^3$ heoi$^3$ seoi$^2$ hau$^2$ bei$^2$ beng$^2$ tau$^4$ faat$^3$ sak$^1$ zyu$^6$ zo$^2$. [Jyutping]
       The drain was jammed by a blob of hair.
* (Cantonese, colloquial) ten thousand dollars
* (Cantonese, fitness) 20 kilograms of weight
* (Eastern Min) Classifier for pastry or flat objects.
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    三餅金／三饼金 ― sān bǐng jīn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Compounds

* 一漿十餅 / 一浆十饼 (yījiāngshíbǐng)
* 乳餅 / 乳饼 (rǔbǐng)
* 五毒餅 / 五毒饼
* 五福餅 / 五福饼
* 五餅二魚 / 五饼二鱼 (wǔbǐng'èryú)
* 佛餅 / 佛饼
* 侉餅 / 侉饼
* 充飢畫餅 / 充饥画饼 (chōngjī huà bǐng)
* 光餅 / 光饼 (guāngbǐng)
* 充饑畫餅 / 充饥画饼 (chōngjī huà bǐng)
* 十字餅 / 十字饼
* 卷餅 / 卷饼 (juǎnbǐng)
* 可樂餅 / 可乐饼 (kělèbǐng)
* 合子餅 / 合子饼
* 吉樂餅 / 吉乐饼 (jílèbǐng)
* 吃燒餅 / 吃烧饼
* 喭餅 / 喭饼
* 喜餅 / 喜饼 (xǐbǐng)
* 團圓餅 / 团圆饼
* 大餅 / 大饼 (dàbǐng)
* 太陽餅 / 太阳饼 (tàiyángbǐng)
* 夾心餅乾 / 夹心饼干 (jiāxīn bǐnggān)
* 奶餅 / 奶饼
* 威化餅 / 威化饼 (wēihuàbǐng)
* 婆餅 / 婆饼
* 婆餅焦 / 婆饼焦
* 寶珠市餅 / 宝珠市饼
* 尖餅 / 尖饼
* 擐餅 / 擐饼
* 春餅 / 春饼 (chūnbǐng)
* 晶餅 / 晶饼
* 月餅 / 月饼 (yuèbǐng)
* 木乳餅 / 木乳饼
* 松花餅 / 松花饼
* 果餡餅 / 果馅饼 (guǒxiànbǐng)
* 松黃餅 / 松黄饼
* 柿餅 / 柿饼 (shìbǐng)
* 枯餅 / 枯饼
* 桂花餅 / 桂花饼
* 棉籽餅 / 棉籽饼 (miánzǐbǐng)
* 椪餅 / 椪饼 (pèngbǐng)
* 椽頭燒餅 / 椽头烧饼
* 槐芽餅 / 槐芽饼
* 槌餅 / 槌饼
* 橘餅 / 橘饼
* 水引餅 / 水引饼
* 水溲餅 / 水溲饼
* 水答餅 / 水答饼
* 水餅 / 水饼
* 油鏇餅 / 油旋饼
* 波餅 / 波饼
* 油餅 / 油饼 (yóubǐng)
* 涼餅 / 凉饼
* 湯餅 / 汤饼
* 湯餅局 / 汤饼局
* 湯餅會 / 汤饼会
* 湯餅筵 / 汤饼筵
* 潤餅 / 润饼 (rùnbǐng)
* 炊餅 / 炊饼 (chuībǐng)
* 烙燒餅 / 烙烧饼
* 烙餅 / 烙饼 (làobǐng)
* 煮餅 / 煮饼
* 無麵餅 / 无面饼
* 煎餅 / 煎饼 (jiānbǐng)
* 蒸餅 / 蒸饼 (zhēngbǐng)
* 蒸餅淤 / 蒸饼淤
* 燒餅 / 烧饼 (shāobǐng)
* 燒餅歌 / 烧饼歌
* 爐餅 / 炉饼
* 牛舌餅 / 牛舌饼
* 狀元餅 / 状元饼
* 玫瑰餅 / 玫瑰饼
* 環餅 / 环饼
* 番薯椪餅 / 番薯椪饼
* 番餅 / 番饼
* 畫餅 / 画饼 (huàbǐng)
* 畫餅充饑 / 画饼充饥 (huàbǐngchōngjī)
* 疤瘌餅 / 疤瘌饼
* 白餅 / 白饼
* 百餅 / 百饼
* 石頭餅 / 石头饼
* 福壽餅 / 福寿饼
* 禮餅 / 礼饼
* 稻餅 / 稻饼
* 籠餅 / 笼饼
* 粉餅 / 粉饼 (fěnbǐng)
* 糖餅 / 糖饼 (tángbǐng)
* 糕餅 / 糕饼 (gāobǐng)
* 紅綾餅餤 / 红绫饼𱃿
* 索餅 / 索饼
* 紫餅 / 紫饼
* 翠餅 / 翠饼
* 翻餅 / 翻饼
* 老婆餅 / 老婆饼 (lǎopobǐng)
* 耿餅 / 耿饼
* 聖餅子 / 圣饼子
* 肉餅 / 肉饼 (ròubǐng)
* 胡餅 / 胡饼 (húbǐng)
* 脆餅 / 脆饼
* 茶餅 / 茶饼 (chábǐng)
* 蔥油餅 / 葱油饼 (cōngyóubǐng)
* 薄餅 / 薄饼 (báobǐng)
* 藥餅 / 药饼
* 蘇打餅乾 / 苏打饼干 (sūdá bǐnggān)
* 蛋餅 / 蛋饼 (dànbǐng)
* 蜜餅 / 蜜饼
* 蝎餅
* 蠶紗餅 / 蚕纱饼
* 裂餅 / 裂饼
* 說餅 / 说饼
* 讖語餅 / 谶语饼
* 豆餅 / 豆饼 (dòubǐng)
* 貼餅子 / 贴饼子
* 賣餅 / 卖饼
* 賣餅家 / 卖饼家
* 起膠餅 / 起胶饼
* 起麵餅 / 起面饼
* 金餅 / 金饼
* 銀餅 / 银饼
* 鍋餅 / 锅饼
* 鐶餅 / 镮饼
* 鐵餅 / 铁饼 (tiěbǐng)
* 雞仔餅 / 鸡仔饼 (jīzǎibǐng)
* 雞蛋餅 / 鸡蛋饼
* 雪餅 / 雪饼
* 餅乾 / 饼干 (bǐnggān)
* 餅子 / 饼子 (bǐngzi)
* 餅子桃 / 饼子桃
* 餅定 / 饼定
* 餅師 / 饼师
* 餅拓 / 饼拓
* 餅爐 / 饼炉
* 餅肆 / 饼肆
* 餅肥 / 饼肥 (bǐngféi)
* 餅茶 / 饼茶 (bǐngchá)
* 餅金 / 饼金
* 餅銀 / 饼银
* 餅錠 / 饼锭
* 餅鐺 / 饼铛 (bǐngchēng)
* 餅食 / 饼食
* 餅餌 / 饼饵 (bǐng'ěr)
* 餅餤 / 饼𱃿
* 餡兒餅 / 馅儿饼 (xiànrbǐng)
* 餡餅 / 馅饼 (xiànbǐng)
* 餤餅 / 𱃿饼
* 餳餅 / 饧饼
* 香餅 / 香饼 (xiāngbǐng)
* 髓餅 / 髓饼
* 鳳餅 / 凤饼
* 鴨餅 / 鸭饼
* 鴛鴦餅 / 鸳鸯饼
* 鶻餅 / 鹘饼
* 麥餅 / 麦饼 (màibǐng)
* 麴餅 / 曲饼
* 麵起餅 / 面起饼
* 麵餅 / 面饼 (miànbǐng)
* 麻餅 / 麻饼
* 黃串餅 / 黄串饼
* 龍團鳳餅 / 龙团凤饼
* 龍鱗餅 / 龙鳞饼
* 龍鳳餅 / 龙凤饼

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 餅 – see 鉼 (“gold disc; a kind of pot; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鉼).

### Descendants

* → Khmer: បាញ់ (bañ, “cake, pastry”)
* → Lao: ແປ້ງ (pǣng, “flour; starch; powder”)
* → Thai: แป้ง (bpɛ̂ɛng, “powder; flour; starch”)
* → Vietnamese: bánh (“pastry; cake; bread”), bánh pía (“Suzhou-style mooncake”)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 餅 |
| Kyūjitai | 餠 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* mochi (glutinous rice cake)
* food containing mochi
* food kneaded and baked from flour
Note: according to the Kangxi Dictionary, the correct or traditional form of this kanji is 餠 but its form 餅 was already in general use before the post-war character simplifications, and is also recorded in the Kangxi Dictionary as a variant.

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
* Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
* Tō-on: ひん (hin)
* Kun: もち (mochi, 餅, Jōyō)、あも (amo)、かちん (kachin)、もちい (mochii, 餅)

#### Compounds

* 餅(へい)餤(だん), 餅(へい)腅(だん) (heidan)
* 餅(へい)盤(ばん) (heiban, “laccolith”)
* 血(けっ)餅(ぺい) (keppei, “blood clot”)
* 餡(あん)餅(びん) (anbin), 餡(あん)餅(ぴん) (anpin)
* 画(が)餅(べい) (gabei)
* 月(げっ)餅(ぺい) (geppei, “mooncake”)
* 巻(けん)餅(ぴ) (kenpi), 巻(けん)餅(ぴん) (kenpin)
* 乾(けん)餅(ぺい) (kenpei)
* 索(さく)餅(べい) (sakubei)
* 蒸(じょう)餅(べい) (jōbei)
* 酥(スー)餅(ピン) (sūpin)
* 煎(せん)餅(べい) (senbei, “rice cracker”)
* 翅(チー)餅(ビン) (chībin)
* 濃(のっ)餅(ぺい) (noppei)
* 薄(バオ)餅(ビン) (baobin)
* 餅(ピン)子(ズ) (pinzu)
* 柚(ゆ)餅(べ)子(し) (yubeshi)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 餅
* もち Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 餠 (kyūjitai)
/mot͡ɕiː/ → /mot͡ɕi/
Shift from older mochii, historical mochihi (see below). Now the modern term for a glutinous rice cake.
Compare モモンガ (momonga, “Japanese dwarf flying squirrel”), with a similar shift.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) もち [mòchí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mo̞t͡ɕi]

#### Noun

餅(もち) • (mochi)
* mochi (Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients)
    Synonym: 糯飯, 餅飯 (mochi-ii)
** 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “テイク・オフ [Take Off]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 107:
    自(じ)分(ぶん)で自(じ)分(ぶん)の行(こう)動(どう)に条(じょう)件(けん)をつけちゃうんだよ、この娘(こ)——例(たと)えば、毎(まい)年(とし)初(はつ)雪(ゆき)が降(ふ)るまでモチは食(く)わないとか、霊(れい)柩(きゅう)車(しゃ)が通(とお)るまで道(みち)を渡(わた)らないとか、ネコがあくびするまでコタツを出(で)ないとか。
       Jibun de jibun no kōdō ni jōken o tsukechaun da yo, kono ko—— Tatoeba, maitoshi hatsuyuki ga furu made mochi wa kuwanai toka, reikyūsha ga tōru made michi o wataranai toka, neko ga akubisuru made kotatsu o denai toka.
       She sets terms for every of her own actions— Like, not eating mochi until the first snowfall of each year, not crossing the street until the hearse passes by, or not leaving the kotatsu until her cat yawns.

##### Derived terms

* 餅(もち)網(あみ) (mochiami)
* 餅(もち)間(あわい) (mochiawai)
* 餅(もち)負(お)い (mochioi)
* 餅(もち)鏡(かがみ) (mochikagami)
* 餅(もち)菓子(がし) (mochigashi)
* 餅(もち)粥(がゆ) (mochigayu)
* 糯(もち)黍(きび) (mochikibi)
* 餅(もち)草(ぐさ) (mochigusa)
* 餅(もち)米(ごめ) (mochigome)
* 餅(もち)代(だい) (mochidai)
* 餅(もち)の札(ふだ) (mochi no fuda)
* 餅(もち)糊(のり) (mochinori)
* 餅(もち)花(ばな) (mochibana)
* 餅(もち)搗(つ)き (mochi-tsuki)
* 餅(もち)腹(ばら) (mochibara)
* 餅(もち)病(びょう)菌(きん) (mochibyōkin)
* 餅(もち)舟(ふね) (mochifune), 餅(もち)舟(ぶね) (mochibune)
* 餅(もち)肌(はだ), 餅(もち)膚(はだ) (mochihada)
* 餅(もち)踏(ふ)み (mochifumi)
* 餅(もち)筵(むしろ) (mochimushiro)
* 餅(もち)屋(や) (mochiya)
* 餅(もち)雪(ゆき) (mochiyuki)
* 赤(あか)福(ふく)-餅(もち) (akafuku-mochi)
* 小豆(あずき)餅(もち) (azuki-mochi)
* 安(あ)倍(べ)川(かわ)餅(もち) (Abekawa mochi)
* 編(あ)み笠(がさ)餅(もち) (amigasa-mochi)
* 霰(あられ)餅(もち) (arare-mochi)
* 揚(あげ)餅(もち), 揚(あ)げ餅(もち) (agemochi)
* 粟(あわ)餅(もち) (awamochi)
* 餡(あん)ころ餅(もち) (ankoro mochi)
* 餡(あん)餅(もち) (anmochi)
* 毬(いが)餅(もち) (igamochi)
* 幾(いく)世(よ)餅(もち) (ikuyo mochi)
* 一(いっ)升(しょう)餅(もち) (isshō-mochi)
* 戴(いただ)き餅(もち) (itadaki-mochi)
* 亥(い)の子(こ)餅(もち) (inoko mochi)
* 鶯(うぐいす)餅(もち) (uguisu-mochi)
* 鶉(うずら)餅(もち) (uzura-mochi)
* 姥(うばが)餅(もち), 姥(うば)が餅(もち) (uba ga mochi)
* 粳(うる)餅(もち) (urumochi)
* 乙(おと)子(ご)餅(もち) (otogo-mochi), 乙(おと)子(ご)の餅(もち) (otogo no mochi)
* 掻(か)い餅(もち) (kaimochi)
* 鏡(かがみ)餅(もち) (kagamimochi)
* 欠(かき)餅(もち), 欠(か)き餅(もち) (kakimochi)
* 柿(かき)餅(もち) (kakimochi)
* 重(かさ)ね餅(もち) (kasanemochi)
* 柏(かしわ)餅(もち) (kashiwamochi)
* 堅(かた)餅(もち), 固(かた)餅(もち) (katamochi)
* 鹿(か)の子(こ)餅(もち) (ka-no-ko mochi)
* 辛(から)味(み)餅(もち) (karami-mochi)
* 川(かわ)浸(びた)り餅(もち) (kawabitari-mochi), 川(かわ)渡(わた)り餅(もち) (kawa-watari mochi)
* かんころ餅(もち) (kankoro-mochi)
* 寒(かん)餅(もち) (kanmochi)
* 黄(き)な粉(こ)餅(もち) (kinako-mochi)
* 黍(きび)餅(もち) (kibimochi)
* 求(ぎゅう)肥(ひ)餅(もち) (gyūhi-mochi)
* 切(きり)餅(もち), 切(き)り餅(もち) (kirimochi)
* 空(くう)也(や)餅(もち) (Kūya mochi)
* 草(くさ)餅(もち) (kusamochi)
* 葛(くず)餅(もち) (kuzumochi)
* 具(ぐ)足(そく)餅(もち) (gusoku-mochi), 鎧(よろい)餅(もち) (yoroimochi)
* 配(くば)り餅(もち) (kubarimochi)
* 栗(くり)の子(こ)餅(もち), 栗(くり)の粉(こ)餅(もち) (kuri-no-ko mochi)
* 胡(くる)桃(み)餅(もち) (kurumimochi)
* 紅(こう)梅(ばい)餅(もち) (kōbai-mochi)
* 凍(こお)り餅(もち), 氷(こおり)餅(もち) (kōri-mochi), 凍(し)み餅(もち) (shimimochi)
* 黒(こく)餅(もち) (kokumochi)
* 御(ご)難(なん)の餅(もち) (gonan no mochi)
* 御(ご)福(ふく)の餅(もち) (gofuku no mochi)
* 御(ご)幣(へい)餅(もち), 五(ご)平(へい)餅(もち) (gohei-mochi)
* 桜(さくら)餅(もち) (sakuramochi)
* 笹(ささ)餅(もち) (sasamochi)
* 自(じ)在(ざい)餅(もち) (jizai-mochi)
* 四(し)十(じゅう)九(く)餅(もち) (shijūku-mochi)
* しつけた餅(もち) (shitsuketa-mochi)
* 粢(しとぎ)餅(もち) (shitogimochi)
* 十(じゅう)字(じ)餅(もち) (jūji-mochi)
* 白(しら)糸(いと)餅(もち) (shiraito-mochi)
* 尻(しり)餅(もち) (shirimochi)
* 汁(しる)の餅(もち) (shiru no mochi)
* 白(しろ)餅(もち) (shiromochi)
* 糝(しん)粉(こ)餅(もち) (shinko-mochi)
* 隅(すみ)の餅(もち) (sumi no mochi)
* 座(すわ)り餅(もち), 坐(すわ)り餅(もち) (suwarimochi)
* ずんだ餅(もち) (zunda-mochi)
* 善(ぜん)哉(ざい)餅(もち) (zenzai-mochi)
* 雑(ぞう)煮(に)餅(もち) (zōni-mochi)
* 供(そな)え餅(もち) (sonaemochi)
* 大(だい)福(ふく)餅(もち) (daifuku-mochi)
* 大(だい)仏(ぶつ)餅(もち) (Daibutsu-mochi)
* 力(ちから)餅(もち) (chikaramochi)
* 賃(ちん)餅(もち) (chinmochi)
* 搗(つ)き餅(もち) (tsukimochi)
* 椿(つばい)餅(もち) (tsubaimochi), 椿(つばき)餅(もち) (tsubakimochi)
* 鶴(つる)の子(こ)餅(もち) (tsuru-no-ko mochi)
* 栃餅(とちもち), 橡餅(とちもち) (tochimochi)
* 土(ど)用(よう)餅(もち) (doyō mochi)
* 鳥(とり)の子(こ)餅(もち) (tori-no-ko mochi)
* 投(な)げ餅(もち) (nagemochi)
* 海鼠(なまこ)餅(もち) (namako-mochi)
* 伸(の)し餅(もち) (noshimochi), 瓦(かわら)餅(もち) (kawaramochi)
* 萩(はぎ)の餅(もち) (hagi no mochi)
* 柱(はしら)餅(もち) (hashiramochi)
* 八(はっ)朔(さく)の苦(にが)餅(もち) (hassaku no nigamochi)
* 花(はな)弁(びら)餅(もち) (hanabira-mochi)
* 花(はな)餅(もち) (hanamochi)
* 母(はは)子(こ)餅(もち) (hahako-mochi)
* 羽(は)二(ぶた)重(え)餅(もち) (habutae-mochi)
* 腹太(はらぶと)餅(もち) (harabuto-mochi)
* 引(ひ)き摺(ず)り餅(もち) (hikizuri-mochi)
* 菱(ひし)餅(もち) (hishimochi)
* 捻(ひね)り餅(もち) (hinerimochi)
* 引(ひ)っ張(ぱ)り餅(もち) (hippari mochi)
* 折(へ)ぎ餅(もち) (hegimochi)
* 牡(ぼ)丹(た)餅(もち) (botamochi)
* 豆(まめ)餅(もち) (mamemochi)
* 丸(まる)餅(もち), 円(まる)餅(もち) (marumochi)
* 三(み)日(か)夜(よ)の餅(もち) (mikayo no mochi)
* 水(みず)の餅(もち) (mizu no mochi)
* 麦(むぎ)餅(もち) (mugimochi)
* 蒸(むし)餅(もち), 蒸(む)し餅(もち) (mushimochi)
* 糯(もち)米(ごめ) (mochigome, “glutinous rice”)
* 焼(やき)餅(もち), 焼(や)き餅(もち) (yakimochi)
* 矢(や)筈(はず)餅(もち) (yahazu-mochi)
* 矢(や)開(びら)き餅(もち) (yabiraki-mochi)
* 雪(ゆき)餅(もち) (yukimochi)
* 柚(ゆず)餅(もち) (yuzumochi)
* 四(よ)隅(すみ)餅(もち) (yosumi-mochi)
* 蓬(よもぎ)餅(もち) (yomogimochi)
* 若(わか)餅(もち) (wakamochi)
* 山葵(わさび)餅(もち) (wasabimochi)
* 蕨(わらび)餅(もち) (warabi-mochi)

##### Idioms

* 餅(もち)を搗(つ)く (mochi o tsuku)

##### Proverbs

* 餅(もち)は餅(もち)屋(や) (mochi wa mochiya, “get mochi from a mochi shop → every man to its trade”)
* 開(あ)いた口(くち)へ餅(もち) (aita kuchi e mochi)
* 絵(え)に描(か)いた餅(もち) (e ni kaita mochi, “mochi drawn in the painting → pie in the sky”)
* 栄(え)耀(よう)に餅(もち)の皮(かわ)を剝(む)く (eyō ni mochi no kawa o muku)
* 木(き)に餅(もち)がなる (ki ni mochi ga naru)
* 大(たい)食(しょく)上(じょう)戸(ご)餅(もち)食(く)らい (taishoku jōgo mochi kurai)

##### Descendants

* → Chinese: 麻糬 (máshǔ)
* → Chinese: 磨嘰 / 磨叽 (mòji)
* → English: mochi
* → Indonesian: moci
* → Macanese: múchi

##### Related terms

* 糯(もち) (mochi)

#### Proper noun

餅(もち) • (Mochi)
* a surname

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 餅
* もちい Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 餠 (kyūjitai)
⟨moti ipi$_1$⟩ → */motipʲi/ → /mot͡ɕifi/ → /mot͡ɕiwi/ → /mot͡ɕiː/
First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).
Shift from 糯飯 (mochi-ii), itself a compound of 糯 (mochi, “glutinous rice”) + 飯 (ii, “cooked grains”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mo̞t͡ɕiː]

#### Noun

餅(もちい) • (mochii)
* (archaic) mochi (Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients)

##### Derived terms

* 餅(もちい)鏡(かがみ) (mochii-kagami)
* 愛(あい)敬(きょう)の餅(もちい) (aikyō no mochii)
* 五十日(いか)の餅(もちい) (ika no mochii)
* 戴(いただ)き餅(もちい) (itadaki-mochii)
* 朮(おけら)の餅(もちい) (okera no mochii)
* 掻(か)い餅(もちい) (kaimochii)
* 椿(つばい)餅(もちい) (tsubai-mochii)
* 広(ひろ)き餅(もちい) (hiroki mochii)
* 環(まがり)餅(もちい), 糫(まがり)餅(もちい) (magari-mochii)
* 三(み)日(か)の餅(もちい) (mika no mochii)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 餅
* かちん Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 餠 (kyūjitai)
First attested in Muromachi period texts.
Originally a 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba, literally “woman's language”) term, derived as a compound of 搗ち (kachi), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 搗つ (katsu, “to pound in a mortar”) + 飯 (ii, “cooked grains”). The final ん (-n) is likely an informal suffix. Listed as cachin in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠t͡ɕĩɴ]

#### Noun

餅(かちん) • (kachin)
* (colloquial) mochi (Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients)
    Synonym: おかちん (o-kachin)

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 餅
* あも Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 餠 (kyūjitai)
/amːot͡ɕi/ → /amːo/ → /amo/
A shift from 餡餅 (anmochi, “red bean-paste mochi”), deriving from baby talk. Appears in the Nippo Jisho of 1603, described as “Palaura de mulheres, 🙰 mininos” (“a women's and children's word”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a̠mo̞]

#### Noun

餅(あも) • (amo)
* (usually childish) mochi filled or wrapped in red bean paste
    Synonym: 餡餅 (anmochi, anmo)
* (usually childish, by extension) mochi (Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients)

##### See also

* 餡(あん)ころ餅(もち) (ankoro mochi, “mochi topped with anko”)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎ (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here as the fifth entry from the bottom of the right-hand column
* ↑ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎ (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here, third entry from the bottom in the right-hand column

## Korean
### Hanja

餅 (eumhun 떡 병 (tteok byeong))
* Alternative form of 餠 (“Hanja form of 병 (“rice cake”). ”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Okinawan

* Kanji in this term
* 餅
* むーちー Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 餠 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 餅 (mochi).

### Noun

餅(むーちー) (mūchī)
* mochi

## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

餅: Hán Việt readings: bính
餅: Nôm readings: bính, bánh

### Noun

餅 • (bánh)
* Nôm form of bánh (“pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding”).
** 13th century, Trần Nhân Tông, Cư trần lạc đạo phú, "Đệ cửu hội":茶(trà)趙(Triệu)老(lão)餅(bánh)韶(Thiều)陽(Dương) / 排(bầy)禪(thiền)子(tử)矣(hãy)群(còn)肁(đói)渴(khát)Old man Trieu's tea, Thieu Duong cakes, the novices still hungry and thirsty.

### References

* Jean-Louis Taberd (1838), Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum, p. A4.
* Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)