noun

  1. unpolished rice, unmilled rice, brown rice.
  2. black rice.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
黒米 くろごめ
くろ
まい
黒米 くろまい
黒米 こくまい
玄米 くろごめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

black
くろ コク (2nd, N4)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)