Rice Radical (米) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
米 is the rice radical. It appears in 16 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 米 mean?
Rice radical · 米 mǐ · 6 strokes · rice
It usually appears on the left, or at the bottom. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 米
米 itself: Grains of rice
12 common characters with 米
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 精 | jīng | clever, shrewd; refined; exquisite; adept, skilled | 青 supplies the sound |
| 类 | lèi | [measure word for a class of similar persons or things] category, kind, sort | |
| 断 | duàn | break | Using an axe 斤 to harvest grain 米 |
| 料 | liào | material; (animal) feed | A hand measuring 斗 a cup of rice 米 |
| 继 | jì | continue, follow | 米 supplies the sound |
| 迷 | mí | bewilder, confuse; be fascinated by | 米 supplies the sound |
| 粮 | liáng | grain; food | 良 supplies the sound |
| 粉 | fěn | powder | 分 supplies the sound |
| 糊 | hú | to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like)… | 胡 supplies the sound |
| 番 | fān | [measure word for a course of actions and events]; [measure word indicating species] kind; [measure word indicating multiplication] times, -fold | Sowing seeds 米 on the farm 田 |
| 粗 | cū | thick; coarse, rough; (of voice) husky; rude | 且 supplies the sound |
| 糖 | táng | sugar, sweets | 唐 supplies the sound |
Related Radicals
- 禾Grain radical · hé27 common characters · grain; a rice plant
- 穴Cave radical · xué9 common characters · a cave; a hole
- 立Stand radical · lì14 common characters · to stand
- 纟Silk radical · sī49 common characters · silk; thread
- 耳Ear radical · ěr8 common characters · ear
- 舌Tongue radical · shé10 common characters · tongue
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