rice

staple food grain of Oryza and Zizania species, for the plant see Q161426
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rice

Summary

rice ranks in the top 0.3% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,704 views/month, #230 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • rice is a type of cereal[2].
  • rice is a type of staple food[3].
  • rice is a type of caryopsis[4].
  • rice is a type of food ingredient[5].
  • rice is a type of shelf-stable food[6].
  • rice is a type of colonial goods[7].
  • rice is used for porridge[8].
  • rice is used for risotto[9].
  • rice is used for nasi goreng[10].
  • rice's Commons category is recorded as Rice[11].
  • rice's Unicode character is recorded as 🍚[12].
  • rice comprises starch[13].
  • rice's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rice[14].
  • rice's Commons gallery is recorded as Rice[15].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[17].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[18].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • rice's natural product of taxon is recorded as Oryza[21].
  • rice's natural product of taxon is recorded as Oryza sativa[22].
  • rice's fabrication method is recorded as growing of rice[23].
  • rice's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[24].
  • rice's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • rice's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cereal[2], staple food[3], caryopsis[4], food ingredient[5], shelf-stable food[6], and colonial goods[7].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include porridge[8], risotto[9], and nasi goreng[10]. rice comprises starch[13].

Influence

Things named for rice include omurice[27].

Why It Matters

rice ranks in the top 0.3% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,704 views/month, #230 of 77,819).[1] rice has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] rice is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for rice include omurice[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000584
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  2. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Q5090-ar.ogg, Pa-ਝੋਨਾ.oga, LL-Q29401 (asm)-Nayan j Nath-চাউল.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q29401 (asm)-Nayan j Nath-চাউল.wav"
  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Ónod
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q293081, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → UBOBo
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  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0238124-ryze
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0238124-ryze, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Water footprint → {'amount': '+1673'}, {'amount': '+2172'}
    Subclass of → —
    Natural product of taxon → Oryza, Oryza sativa
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Climate change
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4688, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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