Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "米", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "米", and master the standard way of writing the character "米".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 米
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "米" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
米 [mǐ]
noun
1. The name of shelled or husked seeds of grains or other plants: small rice, large rice, rice grain.
2. An international unit of length (formerly known as "gongchi" or "mitu"), one meter equals three Chinese feet.
3. A surname.
4. The original meaning refers to the shelled seeds of grains and other plants.
5. A pictographic character, resembling the scattered and crisscrossed appearance of rice grains. "米" is a radical in Chinese characters relating to grain.
6. It specifically refers to rice.
7. Metaphorically refers to a very small or insignificant quantity, similar to a drop.
8. An internationally standardized basic unit of length, equal to the length of 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of radiation corresponding to the transition between the 2p10 and 5d5 energy levels of the krypton-86 atom.
9. A surname.
Examples:
- 米粒之珠 (a drop of grain, describing something very small)
- 米酒 (rice wine)
- 米线 (rice noodles)
- 米粃 (fine bran of rice)
- 米麦 (general term for grains like rice and wheat).