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Millet Grown 黍 きび S+ 禾 2 Branch Tree

Kanji
Kunyomi きび
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S+
Components 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115)
水: water
Traditional Form (none)
Keyword millet
Koohii Story 1 "Millet is a small grain whose importance was greater in prehistoric times. Nowadays, it has been supplanted in the West by wheat, and in the East (""under the bamboo umbrella""), by rice."
Koohii Story 2 Millet is grown primarily in African countries where there is little rain. As opposed to wheat and rice grains which are grown in areas one would need an umbrella.
RTK Index 2605

Tags: jlpt.n0, shouldsuspend, grades+

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