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米 mǐ — “rice (grains)”

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

Pinyin · 拼音 mǐ
Meaning · 意思 rice (grains)
Strokes · 笔画 6
Radical · 部首 米 (rice)
Hear it · 听发音
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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

米mǐ饭fàn

cooked rice

Example sentence例句

米mǐ饭fàn香xiāng喷pēn喷pēn的de。

The rice smells delicious.

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