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Why is 箕 transcribed as みの in this sentence while according to the dictionary
(with the meaning of winnow; winnowing basket; winnowing fan​) it is read as
み?

> 次の日、まだ夜が明けぬ暗い朝、女の子は起きると **箕** （みの）と箕かさを身にまとい出かけました。
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meaning readings
How to read 箕 (mi/mino）? Are these just different readings or is there a meaning difference?
Usually, [箕【み】](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AE%95) refers a winnowing
basket made of bamboo. [蓑【みの】/簑【みの】](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%93%91)
refers to a straw raincoat. In this context, this みの obviously refers to the
latter.

[![*mi* and
*mino*](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bvBbQ.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bvBbQ.jpg)

But I'm not sure if it's an outright typo. As proper nouns, a person called
箕谷【みのや】 and a station called
[箕谷【みのたに】駅](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AE%95%E8%B0%B7%E9%A7%85) exist.
So in [the old days when kanji usages were not
standardized](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/26257/5010), 箕 might have
been also used to refer to a raincoat.
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