餅

Glyph origin

 * traditional glyph form during Ming and Qing dynasty used to advocate (as in ) based on the influence of Shuowen.

Definitions

 * 1) pastry; biscuit; cookie
 * 2) any round and flat pancake-like object
 * 3)  Western-style pastry
 * 4)  pie
 * 5)  ten thousand dollars
 * 6)  20 kilograms of weight
 * 1)  Western-style pastry
 * 2)  pie
 * 3)  ten thousand dollars
 * 4)  20 kilograms of weight
 * 1)  ten thousand dollars
 * 2)  20 kilograms of weight
 * 1)  ten thousand dollars
 * 2)  20 kilograms of weight
 * 1)  ten thousand dollars
 * 2)  20 kilograms of weight
 * 1)  ten thousand dollars
 * 2)  20 kilograms of weight

Kanji

 * 1) mochi glutinous rice cake
 * 2) food containing mochi
 * 3) food kneaded and baked from flour

Etymology 1


→

Shift from older mochii, historical mochihi (see below). Now the modern term for a glutinous rice cake.

Compare, with a similar shift.

Noun

 * 1) mochi Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients

Etymology 2
→ * → →  →

First attested in the  (938 ).

Shift from, itself a compound of +.

Noun

 * 1)  mochi Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients

Etymology 3
First attested in texts.

Originally a term, derived as a compound of, the  of verb  +. The final is likely an informal suffix. Listed as cachin in the  of 1603.

Noun

 * 1)  mochi Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients

Etymology 4
→ →

A shift from, deriving from baby talk. Appears in the  of 1603, described as.

Noun

 * 1)  mochi filled or wrapped in red bean paste
 * 2)  mochi Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients
 * 1)  mochi Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice, usually mixed with other ingredients

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mochi