餅
もち · mochi · JLPT N2 · noun
cake
🍡 餅 = mochi, the sticky rice cake; sounds like 'moch-ee', so think 'mooch a sticky cake'
Mochi is pounded glutinous rice, so it is sticky and chewy. Say 'moe-chee' and tie it to the Japanese word for a stuck-together cake: 'mochi' is what you mooch off the rice bowl.