Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
米 (6)
マイ ; ベイ
こめ
BIS 
BIS is a pictograph of fruits of grain (rice), concealed in husks/hulls → crop grain → rice. America is via the phonetic construction 亜米利加.
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