Chinese Character Wiki
米

mǐ

rice

Pictograph of grains of rice.

Evolution

米 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
米 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
米 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
米 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

米  

mǐ

hulled or husked uncooked rice; rice; CL:粒[lì]; meter (classifier)

米  

Mǐ

surname Mi

Most common words with 米
Freq.
Word
Meaning

米

rice

平方米

square meter

玉米

corn

米兰

Milano

纳米

nanometer

Component uses

Meaning component in 47 characters (11 verified)

氣 糰 精 粮 糧 糊 粗 粉 糖 糟 糕 粒 粹 竊 粘 粟 粪 糞 糙 屎 籽 粱 糜 糠 糯 粑 粕 粽 粳 糅 糁 籴 粜 粝 糲 粢 糇 籼 糌 糨 糗 糍 粞 糈 糢 匊 糬

Sound component in 8 characters (1 verified)

迷 眯 咪 屎 麋 敉 脒 洣

Iconic component in 7 characters (7 verified)

料 暴 粥 鬻 䊆 𢍏 龹

Simplified component in 3 characters (3 verified)

类 断 娄

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*(C.)mˤ[e]jʔ

mejX

mǐ

millet or rice grains, dehusked and polished


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 40.3812% of movies

512th most common character in movies

575th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+7C73

Shuowen

“米，粟實也。象禾實之形。”


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