View source for 米

{{also|釆}}
{{character info}}
{{character info|⽶}}
==Translingual==
{{stroke order|type=animate}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=119|rad=米|as=00|sn=6|four=90904|canj=FD|ids=⿻丷木(GHJKV),⿻十⿱丷八(T),⿻丷⿻十八(T)}}

# {{mul-kangxi radical-def}}

====Derived characters====
* [[Appendix:Chinese radical/米]]
* {{l|mul|[[侎]], [[咪]], [[𪤹]], [[𫰤]], [[𢘺]], [[𢬊]], [[洣]], [[𤝸]], [[迷]], [[𭥻]], [[𭩽]], [[𣧲]], [[毩]], [[𤇿]], [[𤥄]], [[脒]], [[眯]], [[𥒄]], [[𥞪]], [[䋛]], [[詸]], [[𧵵]], [[𨀷]], [[𮠩]], [[𡲸]], [[銤]], [[𩗐]], [[𩡅]], [[䱊]], [[𫜇]], [[𪌬]], [[𮮒]], [[𪓋]], [[𡅊]]}}
* {{l|mul|[[釆]], [[冞]], [[夈]], [[宩]], [[屎]], [[㪰]], [[㫧]], [[𭽀]], [[𥅼]], [[𥞫]], [[𥥪]], [[䍘]], [[𥭁]], [[𦊮]], [[𩂮]], [[𫡿]], [[𢊪]], [[𤌟]], [[𩭄]], [[𪀳]], [[麋]], [[𮒷]]}}
* {{l|mul|[[𫥾]], [[𫦨]], [[敉]], [[料]], [[𭩼]], [[𧊾]], [[頪]], [[𪀿]], [[㐘]], [[𢘻]], [[𢍨]], [[𭫮]], [[麊]], [[匊]], [[氣]], [[𠩕]], [[𢈍]], [[𠤻]], [[𡇒]], [[𧗱]], [[歯]]}}

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0906.310|dkj=26832|dj=1331.280|hdz=53141.010|uh=7C73}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms}}
{{zh-wp|zh|yue|lzh|cdo:mī|nan:bí}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etyl}}
{{liushu|p}} – rice kernels.

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*ma-j ~ mej||rice; paddy}}. Cognate with {{cog|grt|mi||rice}}, {{cog|aot|mai||rice}}, {{cog|kac|ma||rice; paddy}}, {{cog|rah|মাই|tr=mai}}, {{cog|dis|mai}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=mǐ
|m-s=mi3
|dg=ми2
|c=mai5
|c-t=mai2
|g=mi3
|h=pfs=mí;hrs=h:miˊ;gd=mi3
|j=mi2
|mb=mì
|md=mī
|mn=bí
|mn-t=bhi2
|mn-l=bhi2
|w=sh,sz:6mi;hz:3mi
|x=mi3
|mc=y
|oc=y
|ma=y
|cat=n,cls,pn
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[hulled]] or [[husked]] [[uncooked rice]] {{zh-mw|m,c,mn:粒|m:顆}}
# [[husked]] [[seed]]
# [[grain]]-like [[thing]]s
# {{lb|zh|chiefly|Cantonese}} {{zh-short|米粉|gloss=rice vermicelli}}
#: {{zh-co|^星洲.炒米|Singapore-style '''noodles'''|tr=Xīngzhōu chǎo'''mǐ'''}}
#: {{zh-co|雪菜 火鴨 絲 炆 米|braised '''rice vermicelli''' with pickled mustard and shredded roast duck|C|tr=syut3 coi3 fo2 aap3 si1 man1 '''mai5'''}}
# {{lb|zh|Cantonese|Shanghainese Wu|slang}} [[money]]
#: {{zh-co|有米|rich|C|tr=jau5 '''mai5'''}}
#: {{zh-co|背米|tr=sh:5pe+'''6mi'''|to earn money|SH}}
# {{lb|zh|Shanghainese Wu|slang}} [[ten]] [[thousand]] of a [[currency]] [[designation]]; ten [[grand]] {{zh-mw|w:粒}}
# {{surname|zh}}
#: {{zh-co|^米 ^芾|{{w|Mi Fu}} ({{w|Song dynasty|Song}} artist)}}

=====Synonyms=====
{{zh-dial|大米}}

====Compounds====
{{der3|zh|米粉|米酒|米飯|包米棒子|包米|小米麵|喀什米爾|五斗米道|多米尼克|俸米|太倉稊米|五斗米|念米佛|八卦米篩|巴米揚|工本飯米|半米兒|子路負米|大米|在來米|吹糠見米|小米|十米九糠|白米甕|玉米螟|海米|淩雜米鹽|水米無交|珍珠米|柴荒米貴|百米賽跑|撒西米|碾米|狧糠及米|水米|江米人|破米糟糖|白米|波希米亞|數米而炊|搗米|穀米|稻米|無米之炊|稊米|秈米|普米族|祿米|活口米|淘米|機米|江米|租米|白米飯|炒米粉|炭米|炒米|漕米|爆米花|玉米|江米酒|柴米夫妻|榻榻米|柴米油鹽|柴米|普米語|方便米飯|摸米桶|米哈|米壽|舂米|良質米|維多米|米粉肉|高粱米|米粒之珠|米制|米蚤|老米|米漿|糯米腸|米油|精米機|西谷米|米線|茨實米|黃米|米爛成倉|糯米丸子|米倉|米奇鼠|蓬萊米|米蟲|糴米|米蝦|米市|米湯|米色|蝦米|米罕|米果|米鹽|魯米那|陳米|粳米|粒米束薪|米蘭|米派|菰米|米鹽博辯|米老鼠|糯米|米珠薪桂|米黃色|開司米龍|筒仔米糕|米象|米穀|等米下鍋|鎘米|蘗米|薪桂米珠|粒米狼戾|花生米|舐糠及米|米已成炊|魚米之鄉|鬧米湯|米苔目|雕胡米|苞米|粟米|阿米巴|飛米轉芻|黍米|粟米草|米粒|苡米|米瀾|米酒頭|糯米紙|雞頭米|索米長安|開司米|米粥|胚芽米|粉米|聚米為山|葛仙米|米糠|米泔水|糙米|老米飯|米乳|赤米|米高梅|米糧|米奇老鼠|薏米|紅糯米|糊湯米酒|米字旁|米公|米潭溪|尖米丸|一樣米飼百樣人|米國|米田共|yue:得米|柴米油鹽醬醋茶|不為五斗米折腰|麻米|庫米什|米軌|一斗米養個恩人，一石米養個仇人|一樣米養百樣人|不為米折腰|巧婦難為無米之炊|巧媳婦煮不得沒米粥|亞米契斯|借米下得鍋，討米下不得鍋|偷雞不著蝕把米|先下米，先吃飯|克里米亞|克里米亞半島|克里米亞戰爭|米篩|吃生米兒的|nan:歪喙雞食好米<tr:oai chhùi ke chia̍h hó bí>|塞米|食塞米|yue:偷雞唔到蝕拃米|化米}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-etym-short|米突}}, from {{der|zh|en|metre}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=mǐ
|c=mai5,mai5-1
|c-t=mai2
|h=pfs=mí;hrs=h:miˊ;gd=mi3
|mb=mǐ
|md=mī
|mn=bí
|mn-t=bhi2
|w=sh,sz:6mi
|dial=n
|ma=y
|cat=cls
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[metre]]
#: {{zh-x|米 三|1.3 '''metres'''|tr='''bhi2''' san1|MN-T}}
#: {{zh-x|我 有 一 米 九 高。|I'm 1.9 '''metres''' tall.|tr=Wǒ yǒu yī '''mǐ''' jiǔ gāo.}}
#* {{quote-song|zh|year=2020|artist=w:zh:曹楊<t:Young>|composer=w:zh:曹楊<t:Young>|lyricist=唐小奕|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xp8H4hwvGY|title=微光<t:Glimmer>}}
#*: {{zh-q|只是 微小 的 光　照 不 亮 一 米 的 地方|[I] am just a tiny light; [I] cannot brighten up an area within a '''metre'''.|tr=zhǐshì wēixiǎo de guāng, zhào bù liàng yī '''mǐ''' de dìfang}}

=====Synonyms=====
{{zh-dial}}

====Compounds====
{{der3|zh|微米|米突|毫米|米釐米突|釐米|千米|平米|分米|百米|十米|納米|皮米|絲米|米尺|米達|米達尺|毫米波|毫微米|奈米}}

====See also====
* {{sense|unit of length}} {{zh-l|丈|zhàng}}, {{zh-l|尺|chǐ}}, {{zh-l|寸|cùn}}, {{zh-l|分|fēn}}

===Etymology 3===

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|mn=tw:bì/tw:bih
|dial=n
|cat=syl
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{zh-only|米魯}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}
* {{thcwd|2599}}

<!--{{zh-cat|Grains|SI units|Beginning|Elementary}}-->{{C|zh|Grains|sort=米00}}{{C|zh|SI units|sort=米00}}[[Category:Beginning Mandarin|米00]][[Category:Elementary Mandarin|米00]]

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=2|rs=米00}}

# [[rice]]
# {{lb|ja|ateji}} [[meter]]
# {{lb|ja|ateji}} [[America]]
# {{lb|ja|ateji}} [[United States]]

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=まい
|kanon=べい
|kanyoon=め
|kun=こめ-, めめ-, よね-, メートル-
|nanori=こん, たから, めい
}}

=====Compounds=====
{{der-top|Compounds}}{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|米原|^まいばら}}
* {{ja-r/args|米塩|べいえん}}
* {{ja-r/args|米価|べいか}}
* {{ja-r/args|米軍|^べいぐん}}
* {{ja-r/args|米国|^べいこく|the [[United States]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|米穀|べいこく}}
* {{ja-r/args|米作|べいさく}}
* {{ja-r/args|米寿|べいじゅ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米粟|べいぞく}}
* {{ja-r/args|米栂|ベイツガ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米飯|べいはん}}
* {{ja-r/args|米粉|べいふん}}
* {{ja-r/args|赤米|あかまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|入り米|いりまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|欧米|^おう-^べい}}
* {{ja-r/args|外国%米|がいこく%まい}}, {{ja-r/args|外米|がいまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|供米|きょうまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|供%米|く%まい}}
* {{ja-r/args|玄米|げんまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|黒米|こくまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|五斗%米|ごと%べい}}
* {{ja-r/args|散米|さんまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|産米|さんまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|舂米|しょうまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|親米|しん-^べい}}
* {{ja-r/args|新米|しんまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|神米|しんまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|精白%米|せいはく%まい}}
* {{ja-r/args|精米|せいまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|洗米|せんまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|饌米|せんまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|大唐%米|ダイトウ%マイ}}
* {{ja-r/args|渡米|と-^べい}}
* {{ja-r/args|内地%米|ないち%まい}}
* {{ja-r/args|南米|^なんべい|[[South America]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|日米|^にち-^べい}}
* {{ja-r/args|白米|はくまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|平米|へいべい|[[square meter]], [[square metre]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|北米|^ほくべい|[[North America]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|立米|りゅうべい|[[cubic meter]], [[cubic metre]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|禄米|ろくまい}}
* {{ja-r/args|早稲%米|わせ%まい}}
* {{ja-r/args|糈米|くましね}}
* {{ja-r/args|米粉|ビーフン|rice [[vermicelli]]}}
}}{{der-bottom}}

===Etymology 1===
<div style="float:right;">
{{wp|lang=ja}}
{{wp|Rice}}
</div>
{{ja-kanjitab|こめ|yomi=k}}
{{IPAfont|⟨ko<sub>2</sub>me<sub>2</sub>⟩}} → *{{IPAfont|/kəməj/}} → {{IPAfont|/kome/}}

From {{inh|ja|ojp|-}}. First appears in the ''{{w|Nihon Shoki}}'' of 720 {{CE}}, with the phonetic ''{{w|man'yōgana}}'' spelling {{IPAfont|渠梅}}.<ref name="KDJ2">{{R:Nihon Kokugo Daijiten 2|米}}</ref> In turn, from {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*kəmay}}.

Many theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation:
* Perhaps from {{ja-l||籠め|kome}}, the {{m|ja|連用形||tr=ren'yōkei|stem or continuative form}} of verb {{m|ja|籠める||tr=komeru|do with one's heart}}, from the way rice is farmed. The accent of ''kome'' in the Heian period is <LL>, while ''kome-'' in the Heian period is <L->. {{rfv-etym|ja}}
* Possibly cognate with {{nc|mkh-vie-pro|*kəːm||[[cooked rice]]}}, modern {{m|vi|cơm}}. {{rfv-etym|ja}}
* Possibly cognate with {{nc|map-pro|*Semay}} and {{nc|och|-}} {{och-l|糜}}.<ref>{{cite-journal|en|author=Laurent Sagart|title=How Many Independent Rice Vocabularies in Asia?|work=Rice|page=121–133|date=2011-12|url=https://thericejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s12284-011-9077-8|volume=4|issue=3-4|issn=1939-8425|doi=10.1007/s12284-011-9077-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite-journal|en|author=Martine Robbeets|title=Austronesian influence and Transeurasian ancestry in Japanese: A case of farming/language dispersal|work=Language Dynamics and Change|page=210–251|date=2017-01-01|url=https://brill.com/view/journals/ldc/7/2/article-p210_4.xml|volume=7|issue=2|issn=2210-5824|doi=10.1163/22105832-00702005}}</ref> However, this is extremely speculative; none of the known derivations from {{ncog|map-pro|*Semay}} develop initial /k/, nor is this shift explainable by any known mechanism within Japonic.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|こめ|acc=2|acc_ref=DJR,SMK2,ZAJ}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|こめ}}

# [[rice]] {{gloss|[[husk]]ed [[grain]]s of the [[Asian]] [[rice]] [[plant]], {{taxfmt|Oryza sativa|species}}}}, one of the {{w|Five Grains|five grains}}
#: {{hyper|ja|五穀|tr=gokoku}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der-top3}}{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|米%揚げ|こめ%あげ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%揚げ笊|こめ%あげ ざる}}
* {{ja-r/args|米 油|こめ あぶら}}
* {{ja-r/args|米市|こめいち}}
* {{ja-r/args|米占|こめうら}}
* {{ja-r/args|米浙|こめかし}}
* {{ja-r/args|米浙 桶|こめかし おけ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%噛み|こめ%かみ|rom=-}}
* {{ja-r/args|米茅|コメガヤ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%粉|こめ%こ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米 麹|こめ こうじ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%座|こめ%ざ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%刺し|こめ%さし|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|米%差し|こめ%さし}}
* {{ja-r/args|米 将軍|^こめ ^しょうぐん}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%酢|こめ%-す}}, {{ja-r/args|米%酢|こめ%ず}}
* {{ja-r/args|米代|こめだい}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%俵|こめ%-だわら|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|米%苞|こめ%-だわら}}
* {{ja-r/args|米栂|コメツガ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%搗き|こめ%つき|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|米%舂き|こめ%つき}}
* {{ja-r/args|米粒|こめつぶ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米糠|こめぬか}}
* {{ja-r/args|米偏|こめへん}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%屋|こめ%や}}
* {{ja-r/args|赤米|あかごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|煎り米|いりごめ|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|炒り米|いりごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|粳米|うるごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|生%米|き%ごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|黒米|くろごめ|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|玄米|くろごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|小%米|こ%ごめ|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|粉%米|こ%ごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|白米|しろごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|大%唐%米|ダイ%ト%-ゴメ}}
* {{ja-r/args|大唐%米|ダイトウ%-ゴメ}}
* {{ja-r/args|搗き米|つきごめ|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|舂き米|つきごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|生米|なまごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|碾き米|ひきごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|陳米|ひねごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|蓑米|ミノゴメ}}
* {{ja-r/args|糯米|もちごめ|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|餅米|もちごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|籾米|もみごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|焼米|やきごめ|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|焼き米|やきごめ|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|糄|やきごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|闇米|やみごめ}}
* {{ja-r/args|早稲%米|わさ%ごめ}}
}}
{{der-bottom}}

=====Proverbs=====
{{der-top|Proverbs}}{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|米の飯とお天道%様はどこへ行っても付いて回る|こめ の めし と お-てんとう%-さま は どこ へ いって も ついて まわる}}
* {{ja-r/args|乞%食が米を零したよう|こ%じき が こめ を こぼした よう}}
* {{ja-r/args|糠を舐りて米に及ぶ|ぬか を ねぶり て こめ に およぶ}}
* {{ja-r/args|熊野 松風 は 米 の 飯|^ゆや ^まつかぜ は こめ の めし}}
}}
{{der-bottom}}

=====Coordinate terms=====
{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|五%穀|ご%こく|five grains}}: {{ja-r/args|米|こめ|rice}}, {{ja-r/args|麦|むぎ|[[wheat]]}}, {{ja-r/args|粟|あわ|[[foxtail millet]]}}, {{ja-r/args|黍|きび|[[proso millet]]}}, {{ja-r/args|豆|まめ|[[soybean]]s}}
}}

=====See also=====
{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|飯|い.い|[[cook]]ed [[grain]]s}}
* {{ja-r/args|稲|イネ|rice [[plant]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|ご飯|ごはん|cooked rice}}
* {{ja-r/args|ライス|rom=raisu}}
}}

====Proper noun====
{{ja-pos|proper|こめ}}

# {{given name|ja|female}}
# {{surname|ja}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|よね|yomi=k}}
{{IPAfont|⟨yo<sub>2</sub>nai⟩}} → *{{IPAfont|/jənai/}} → *{{IPAfont|/jəne/}} → {{IPAfont|/jone/}}

First attested in the ''{{w|Wamyō Ruijushō}}'' (938 {{CE}}).

Possibly from {{inh|ja|jpx-pro||*jənaC-|sort=よね}} (Vovin, 1998)<ref>Whitman, John (2012). "[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12284-011-9080-0 Northeast Asian Linguistic Ecology and the Advent of Rice Agriculture in Korea and Japan], ''Rice'', Volume 4, Issue 3–4, pp 149–158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12284-011-9080-0</ref> and related to {{m|ja|稲||tr=ine|[[rice]] [[plant]]}}.

Unknown "-C-" consonantal segment, reconstructed by Vovin, seems unlikely considering {{IPAfont|[a ~ e]}} vowel alternation, seen in bound form ''yona-'' and free form ''yone'':<ref>Salingre,  Maëlys ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335336036_Apophonic_toponyms_in_Japanese Apophonic toponyms in Japanese]'' 2019</ref>
:Compare {{m|ja|藍||tr=awi → ai|indigo}} from {{m|ja|青||tr=awo → ao|[[blue]]}} + {{m|ja|い|tr=i|pos=emphatic nominative particle{{rfv-etym|ja}}}}<ref>Thomas Pellard (2013).  [https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01289288/document Ryukyuan perspectives on the proto-Japonic vowel system].  Frellesvig, Bjarke; Sells, Peter. Japanese/Korean Linguistics 20, CSLI Publications, pp.81–96, 2013.</ref> against {{m|ja|白い}} {{IPAfont|/siroi/}} from {{IPAfont|⟨siro<sub>1</sub>ki<sub>1</sub>⟩}}.<ref>Hamano, S. "Voicing of Obstruents in Old Japanese: Evidence from the Sound-Symbolic Stratum." ''Journal of East Asian Linguistics'' (2000) 9. 3: 207-225. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008367619295</ref>

The colloquial sense is derived from the components of the {{ja-l||米}} kanji: {{m|ja|八||tr=hachi|[[eight]]}} + {{m|ja|十||tr=jū|[[ten]]}} + {{m|ja|八||tr=hachi|eight}}.

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|よね}}

# the [[Asian]] [[rice]] [[plant]], {{taxfmt|Oryza sativa|species}}
#: {{syn|ja|稲|tr=ine}}
# [[rice]] {{gloss|[[husk]]ed [[grain]]s of the Asian rice plant, {{taxfmt|Oryza sativa|species}}}}
# {{lb|ja|colloquial|sort=よね}} an [[eighty-eight]]-[[year]]-[[old]]
#: {{syn|ja|米寿|tr=beiju}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der-top}}{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|米市|^よねいち}}
* {{ja-r/args|米占|よねうら}}
* {{ja-r/args|米川|^よねかわ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米沢|^よねざわ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米代|^よねしろ}}
* {{ja-r/args|米%酢|よね%ず}}
* {{ja-r/args|米の祝い|よね の いわい}}
* {{ja-r/args|米の守り|よね の まもり}}
* {{ja-r/args|米原|^よねはら}}
* {{ja-r/args|米 饅頭|よね まんじゅう}}
* {{ja-r/args|米山|^よねやま}}
* {{ja-r/args|米琉|^よね-^りゅう}}
* {{ja-r/args|洗い米|あらい よね}}
* {{ja-r/args|売り米|うりよね|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|糶|うりよね}}
* {{ja-r/args|買い米|かいよね|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|糴|かいよね}}
* {{ja-r/args|粿米|かしよね|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|淅米|かしよね}}
* {{ja-r/args|精げ米|しらげ よね}}
* {{ja-r/args|白米|しらよね}}
* {{ja-r/args|散らし米|ちらし よね}}
* {{ja-r/args|籾米|もみよね}}
}}{{der-bottom}}

====Proper noun====
{{ja-pos|proper|よね}}

# {{given name|ja|female|sort=よね}}
# {{surname|ja|sort=よね}}

===Etymology 3===
{{ja-kanjitab|めめ|yomi=k}}

Probably a shortened reduplication of ''kome'' (see above). {{rfv-etym|ja|sort=めめ}}

First cited to a work from 1275.<ref name="KDJ2"/>

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|めめ}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|めめ}}

# {{lb|ja|colloquial}} [[rice]] {{gloss|[[husk]]ed [[grain]]s of the rice [[plant]]}}

===Etymology 4===
{{ja-kanjitab|めーとる|yomi=k|ateji=y}}
Borrowing from {{bor|ja|fr|mètre|sort=めえとる}}.<ref name="DJR"/>

The use of this kanji is attested in the {{w|Meiji period}} and is an example of {{ateji|sort=めえとる}}, shortened from {{bor|ja|cmn|米突|tr=mǐtū|sort=めえとる}}, see [[#Chinese|Chinese]] section above.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|メートル|acc=0|acc_ref=DJR}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|メートル}}

# {{rare sp|ja|メートル|tr=mētoru|nodot=1|sort=めーとる}}: [[metre]] {{gloss|[[SI]] [[unit]] of [[length]]}}
# {{rare sp|ja|メーター|tr=mētā|nodot=1}}: [[meter]] (a [[device]] or [[implement]] used for [[measurement]])

=====Coordinate terms=====
{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|瓦|グラム|[[gram]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|立|リットル|[[litre]]}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der-top}}
* {{ja-r/args|粍|ミリメートル|[[millimetre]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|糎|センチメートル|[[centimetre]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|粉|デシメートル|[[decimetre]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|籵|デカメートル|[[decametre]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|粨|ヘクトメートル|[[hectometre]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|粁|キロメートル|[[kilometre]]}}
{{der-bottom}}

=====See also=====
{{der-top|See also}}
* {{ja-r/args|吋|インチ|[[inch]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|呎|フィート|[[feet]]}}, {{ja-r/args|呎|フート|[[foot]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|碼|ヤード|[[yard]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|哩|マイル|[[mile]]}}
* {{ja-r/args|海%里|かい%り|rom=-}}, {{ja-r/args|浬|かいり|[[nautical mile]]}}
}}{{der-bottom}}

===Etymology 5===
{{etymid|ja|べい}}
{{ja-kanjitab|べい|yomi=o}}
From {{der|ja|ltc|-}} {{ltc-l|米}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|べい}}

====Affix====
{{ja-pos|affix|べい|hhira=べい}}

# [[rice]]
#: {{ja-r|米価|べいか|rice price}}
# {{short for|ja|[[アメリカ合衆国]]／[[亜米利加合衆国]]|tr=Amerika Gasshūkoku|t={{place|ja|t=United States|country}}}}
#: {{ja-r|米国|^べいこく|[[US]]}}
#: {{ja-r|linkto=w:ja:日米関係|日米関係|^にち-^べい かんけい|{{w|Japan–United States relations}}}}
# {{short for|ja|[[アメリカ]]／[[亜米利加]]|tr=Amerika|t={{place|ja|t=the Americas|region}}}}
#: {{ja-r|南米|^なんべい|[[South America]]}}

===References===
<references/>

{{cln|ja|numeral symbols|sort=よね}}
{{C|ja|Grains|sort=こめ}}

==Korean==

===Etymology===
From {{der|ko|ltc|-|sort=미}} {{ltc-l|米}}.
{{hanja-ety
|dk={{okm-l|몡〯|myěy|link=no}}
|m={{okm-l|미〯|mǐ}}
|mh={{okm-l|ᄡᆞᆯ〮|psól}}
|ml=食饌#중20B
}}

===Pronunciation===
{{ko-hanja-pron|미}}

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja-search}}
{{ko-hanja|쌀|미}}

# {{hanja form of|미|[[rice]]|affix}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top3|Compounds}}{{ko-l/multi|data=
* {{ko-l/args|백미|白米}}
* {{ko-l/args|미곡|米穀}}
* {{ko-l/args|미음|米飮}}
* {{ko-l/args|현미|玄米}}
* {{ko-l/args|정미소|精米所}}
* {{ko-l/args|공양미|供養米}}
}}{{der-bottom}}

===References===
* {{R:hanjadoc|9007}}

==Old Korean==

===Suffix===
{{head|oko|suffix|tr=*-moy?}}

# {{n-g|Apparently a verbal causative suffix;}} [[because]], [[since]]

====Reconstruction notes====
* This form is attested commonly in the ''{{w|hyangga}}'' poems of the first millennium, but nowhere else.
* In the twentieth century, this was conventionally compared to Modern {{ncog|ko|-으매||tr=-eumae|because, since}}, but this seems impossible given that the modern construction is a grammaticalization of elements not found in Old Korean, and is not attested in Middle Korean.
* Some scholars believe it is a mere orthographic variant of {{m|okm|㢱|tr=*-mye|pos=connective suffix}}.

===Further reading===
* {{cite-book|author={{lang|ko|이용}} (Yi-Yong)|title=ko:연결 어미의 형성에 관한 연구|trans-title=Study of the formation of connective suffixes|year=1999|pages=144—146|publisher=Seoul City University (PhD)}}
* {{cite-journal|author={{lang|ko|김지오}} (Kim Ji-o)|title=ko:고대국어 연결어미 연구의 현황과 과제|trans-title=The conditions and future tasks of analyzing connective endings in Old Korean|journal=Gugyeol Yeon'gu|year=2019|volume=43|pages=55–87}}

==Vietnamese==

===Chữ Hán===
{{vi-readings|rs=米00
|hanviet=mễ-gdhn;bonet
|phienthiet=莫禮 mạc lễ
|nom=mễ-gdhn;bonet;genibrel;taberd, mè-gdhn
}}

# {{vi-Han form of|mễ|[[rice]] [[grain]]s}}

====Compounds====
* {{vi-l|米西基|Mễ Tây Cơ|[[Mexico]]}}

===References===
<references/>

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