rice / meal

(eat) + (anti) Same-ON
★★☆☆☆
12 strokes
DUPECOCK
COCK: as if the 飯/米 synonyms were not confusing enough, 飯 has ANOTHER meaning, PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY.

Onyomi

HAN

Mnemonic

HAN Solo is against eating rice, because he thinks that it looks like little white maggots.

Kunyomi

めし literally, cooked rice. But usually used to mean, 'a meal.'
★★☆☆☆

Jukugo

御飯(ごはん)

rice ★★★★☆ KANA
(the honorific "o") + (rice / meal) = 御飯 (rice)

two meanings - 1) cooked rice, 2) a meal

炊飯器(すいはんき)

rice-cooker ★☆☆☆☆
(cook rice) + (rice / meal) + (instrument) = 炊飯器 (rice-cooker)

Synonyms

rice or food
米    ご飯    食べ物    料理