noun
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy
Refers to rice grains still enclosed in their husks after threshing, before hulling. Common in agricultural contexts.
収穫したばかりの籾を乾燥させる。
Dry the freshly harvested unhulled rice.
この地域では、籾のまま保管する農家が多い。
In this region, many farmers store rice in the husk.
noun
rice husks; chaff
Abbreviation of 籾殻 (もみがら). Used for the husks separated during hulling, often as mulch or fuel.
See also: 籾殻
籾は堆肥として畑にまく。
Rice husks are spread on the field as compost.
籾殻 is the full, explicit term for rice husks, while 籾 alone can be an abbreviation for the same meaning in agricultural contexts.
玄米 is brown rice (hulled but with bran layer intact), whereas 籾 is the unhulled grain before any processing.
白米 is polished white rice, fully milled; 籾 is the raw, unprocessed grain.
The kanji 籾 is a 国字 (kokuji) created in Japan, combining 米 (rice) and 刃 (blade), possibly referring to the husk that is removed by a blade. The reading もみ is of native Japanese origin, with uncertain further derivation.