Meaning

Primary

Onigiri

Alternative

Rice Ball

Word Type

noun

Explanation

握り is a "grip." When you add it's elevated a bit. For some reason it becomes a rice ball (aka onigiri). To make a rice ball, you use your grip to make them into a ball shape, which is probably where it comes from.

Reading

おにぎり
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading comes from 握り.

Note that this is usually written in hiragana as おにぎり.

Context

Context Sentences

私は息子がコンビニのお握りを食べることを禁止しました。

I forbade my son from eating convenience store rice balls.

Kanji Composition