HomeLearn Chinese CharactersAll 300 characters

— “rice (grains)”

How to write and say the Chinese character (mǐ), which means rice (grains) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Food & drink.

Pinyin · 拼音
Meaning · 意思 rice (grains)
Strokes · 笔画 6
Radical · 部首 (rice)
Hear it · 听发音
Watch it drawn stroke by stroke →

Stroke order笔顺

米 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

A little picture: grains of rice.

A common word常用词

fàn

cooked rice

Example sentence例句

fànxiāngpēnpēnde

The rice smells delicious.

This page is part of the free Chinese character explorer from Casey Foundation Chinese School — a Saturday community Chinese school in Narre Warren, Victoria, serving Berwick, Cranbourne, Hallam and families across Melbourne's southeast. New students get a free trial lesson.