Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop

    Proverbsee

Also written もちはもち屋【もちはもちや】モチはモチ屋【モチはモチや】

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Characters in this word

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mochi rice cake

Kun
もちもちい
On
ヘイヒョウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2152 of 2500
Radical
eat

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Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
1-8-6SKIP code
8b6.4The Kanji Dictionary
8874.1Four corner code
2855deroo
9905Unicode hex code
1-44-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5166Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6689New Nelson (John Haig)
2256Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2802Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1590Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2346Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
44133XMorohashi
1219Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
bing3Pinyin reading
byeongKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Kun
On
オク
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
616 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 9

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Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
3r6.3The Kanji Dictionary
7721.4Four corner code
3772deroo
5c4bUnicode hex code
1-18-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1392Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1421New Nelson (John Haig)
3098New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3842Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1973Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2669Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1058Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1138Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
270A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1233Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
251Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7684Morohashi
236A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
167Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161sakade
160Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
256henshall3
319Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
236crowley
54Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
530Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1067Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu1Pinyin reading
ogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level