Korea Japonica rice

byeo, japonica rice in korea

in korea, rice called non-interchangeable names. ssal (쌀), byeo (벼), or mo (모) names used depending on growth stages of rice. ssal refers peeled grains of rice , rice in generic sense. rice plants called byeo, while rice seedlings grown transplanted paddies called mo. transplantation of mo called monaegi (모내기), , rice fields called non (논). since other fields called bat (밭), generic term agricultural field in korean nonbat, literally means rice field , other fields . there korean-coined chinese character rice field: 畓 (pronounced dap(답) in korean). since paddy fields rice irrigated lands, character compound ideograph made of 水 ( water , pronounced su (수) in korean) , 田 ( field , pronounced jeon (전) in korean). sino-korean term jeondap used synonym of nonbat.

cooked rice called bap (밥, regular cooked rice ), juk (죽, congee ), or nurungji (누룽지, scorched rice ).