米

See also: 釆

米 U+7C73, 米 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C73 ← 籲 [U+7C72] CJK Unified Ideographs 籴 → [U+7C74]

⽶ U+2F76, ⽶ KANGXI RADICAL RICE ← ⽵ [U+2F75] Kangxi Radicals ⽷ → [U+2F77]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

米 (radical 119, 米+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火木 (FD), four-corner 9090₄, composition ⿻丷木(GHJKV) or ⿻十⿱丷八(T) or ⿻丷⿻十八(T))

1. Kangxi radical #119, ⽶.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/米
• 迷 匊 屎 歯

References

• KangXi: page 906, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26832
• Dae Jaweon: page 1331, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3141, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7C73

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Chinese

trad.		米
simp. #		米

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 米
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (米) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
謎	*miː, *miːs
迷	*miː
米	*miːʔ
眯	*miːʔ
洣	*miːʔ
蔝	*miːʔ
麊	*me
冞	*me
糜	*mral
敉	*meʔ
侎	*meʔ
麋	*mril
蘪	*mril
攗	*mril

Pictogram (象形) – rice kernels.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma-j ~ mej (“rice; paddy”). Cognate with Garo mi (“rice”), Atong (India) mai (“rice”), Jingpho ma (“rice; paddy”), Rabha মাই (mai), Dimasa mai.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǐ (mi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): mi³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): ми (mi, II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): mai⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mai²

• Gan (Wiktionary): mi³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mi³

• Jin (Wiktionary): mi²
• Min Bei (KCR): mì
• Min Dong (BUC): mī
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi²

• Wu (Wiktionary): mi (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): mi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: mi3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: ми (mi, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵
    • Yale: máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbai⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mi³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mi²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mi⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁴²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
    • Tâi-lô: bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: mi (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 米
Mandarin	Beijing	/mi²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/mi²¹³/
	Tianjin	/mi¹³/
	Jinan	/mi⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/mi⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/mi⁵³/
	Xi'an	/mi⁵³/
	Xining	/mji⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/mi⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/mi⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/mi⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/mi⁴²/
	Chengdu	/mi⁵³/
	Guiyang	/mi⁴²/
	Kunming	/mi⁵³/
	Nanjing	/mi²¹²/
	Hefei	/mz̩²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/mi⁵³/
	Pingyao	/mi⁵³/
	Hohhot	/mi⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/mi²³/
	Suzhou	/mi³¹/
	Hangzhou	/mi⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/mei³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/mi³⁵/
	Tunxi	/me²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/mi⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/mi⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/mi²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/mi³¹/
	Taoyuan	/mi³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mɐi²³/
	Nanning	/mei²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/mɐi¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/bi⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/mi³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/mi²¹/ 量 /mi⁴²/ 名
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/bi⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/vi²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /mei^X/

Rime
Character	米
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫禮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meiX/
Pan Wuyun	/meiX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjX/
Li Rong	/meiX/
Wang Li	/mieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*(C.)mˤ[e]jʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*miːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	米
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mejX ›
Old Chinese	/*(C.)mˁ[e]jʔ/
English	millet or rice grains, dehusked and polished
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	米
Reading #	1/1
No.	9003
Phonetic component	米
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	米
Old Chinese	/*miːʔ/

Definitions

米

1. hulled or husked uncooked rice
2. husked seed
3. grain-like things
4. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 米粉 (mǐfěn, “rice vermicelli”).

   星洲炒米  ―  Xīngzhōu chǎomǐ  ―  Singapore-style noodles

5. A surname​.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大米 (“husked uncooked rice”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		米
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稻米
Mandarin	Beijing	白米, 大米, 米
	Taiwan	米
	Harbin	大米, 米
	Muping	大米
	Jinan	大米
	Luoyang	大米
	Wanrong	大米
	Xi'an	白米
	Yinchuan	稻米, 白米
	Lanzhou	大米
	Xining	大米, 米
	Ürümqi	米
	Wuhan	米
	Chengdu	米, 大米, 飯米
	Guiyang	米
	Guilin	米
	Liuzhou	米
	Xuzhou	大米, 米
	Yangzhou	米
	Nanjing	米
	Hefei	米
	Singapore	米
Cantonese	Guangzhou	米
	Hong Kong	米
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	米
	Dongguan	米
	Yangjiang	米
	Danzhou	米
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	米
	Singapore (Guangfu)	米
Gan	Nanchang	米
	Lichuan	米
	Pingxiang	米
Hakka	Meixian	米
	Yudu	米
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	米
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	米
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	米
	Dongshi (Dabu)	米
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	米
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	米
	Hong Kong	米
	Senai (Huiyang)	米
Huizhou	Jixi	米
	Shexian	米
	Tunxi	米
Jin	Taiyuan	大米
	Xinzhou	大米
Min Bei	Jian'ou	米
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	米
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	米
	Pucheng (Shibei)	早米
Min Dong	Fuzhou	米
Min Nan	Xiamen	米
	Quanzhou	米
	Zhangzhou	米
	Singapore (Hokkien)	米
	Manila (Hokkien)	米
	Chaozhou	米
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	米
	Singapore (Teochew)	米
	Leizhou	米
	Wenchang	米
	Haikou	米
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	米
Wu	Shanghai	米
	Chongming	米
	Suzhou	米
	Hangzhou	米
	Danyang	米
	Ningbo	米
	Wenzhou	米
	Jinhua	米
Xiang	Changsha	米
	Shuangfeng	米
	Loudi	米

Compounds

• See 米/derived terms § Rice (Chinese).

Etymology 2

Short for 米突 (mǐtū), from English metre.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐ (mi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): mai⁵, mai^5-1

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mai²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mi³

• Min Bei (KCR): mǐ
• Min Dong (BUC): mī
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: mi3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵, mai^5-1
    • Yale: máih, māi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵, mai^5-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵, mei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/, /mɐi̯¹³⁻⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbai⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mi³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi³¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
    • Tâi-lô: bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi⁵²/

Definitions

米

1. metre

   我有一米九高。  ―  Wǒ yǒu yī mǐ jiǔ gāo.  ―  I'm 1.9 metres tall.

   • 只是微小的光　照不亮一米的地方 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: 2020, 曹楊 (Young), 微光 (Glimmer)

     zhǐshì wēixiǎo de guāng, zhào bù liàng yī mǐ de dìfāng [Pinyin]

     [I] am just a tiny light; [I] cannot brighten up an area within a metre.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 米 (“metre”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		米, 公尺
Mandarin	Beijing	米, 公尺
	Taiwan	公尺, 米
	Tianjin	米, 公尺
	Tangshan	米, 公尺
	Cangzhou	米, 公尺
	Baoding	米, 公尺
	Shijiazhuang	米, 公尺
	Chifeng	米, 公尺
	Hailar	米, 公尺
	Harbin	米, 公尺
	Shenyang	米, 公尺
	Qingdao	米, 公尺
	Jinan	米, 公尺
	Zhengzhou	米, 公尺
	Xi'an	米, 公尺
	Yinchuan	米, 公尺
	Lanzhou	米, 公尺
	Xining	米, 公尺
	Ürümqi	米, 公尺
	Wuhan	米, 公尺
	Chengdu	米, 公尺
	Chongqing	米, 公尺
	Guiyang	米, 公尺
	Kunming	米, 公尺
	Guilin	米, 公尺
	Liuzhou	米, 公尺
	Xuzhou	米, 公尺
	Yangzhou	米, 公尺
	Nanjing	米, 公尺
	Hefei	米, 公尺
	Nantong	米, 公尺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	米
	Hong Kong	米, 公尺
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	公尺
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	公尺
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	公尺
	Dongshi (Dabu)	公尺
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	公尺
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	公尺
Huizhou	Shexian	米, 公尺
Jin	Taiyuan	米, 公尺
	Xinzhou	米, 公尺
	Linhe	米, 公尺
	Jining	米, 公尺
	Hohhot	米, 公尺
	Zhangjiakou	米, 公尺
	Handan	米, 公尺
Min Nan	Xiamen	米, 公尺
	Quanzhou	米, 公尺
	Zhangzhou	米, 公尺
	Taipei	米 GT, 公尺 GT
	Tainan	米
Wu	Suzhou	米
	Jinhua	米
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

• See 米/derived terms § Meter (Chinese).

See also

• (unit of length): 丈 (zhàng), 尺 (chǐ), 寸 (cùn), 分 (fēn)

References

• “米”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #2599”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

米

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. husked rice grains
2. meter, metre (SI unit of length)
3. Short for 亜米利加 (Amerika): America, American, Americas, Americo-
4. Short for 亜米利加合衆国 (Amerika Gasshūkoku): the United States
5. eighty-eight-year-old

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: べい (bei, Jōyō)
• Kun: こめ (kome, 米, Jōyō); めめ (meme, 米); よね (yone, 米); メートル (mētoru, 米)
• Nanori: こん (kon); たから (takara); めい (mei)

Compounds

• See 米/derived terms § Kanji.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
米
こめ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

⟨ko₂me₂⟩ → */kəməj/ → /kome/

From Old Japanese.

Many theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation:

• Perhaps from 籠め (​kome), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 籠める (komeru, “do with one's heart”), from the way rice is farmed.
• Possibly cognate with Proto-Vietic *kəːm (“cooked rice”), modern cơm.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こめ​ [kòméꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞me̞]

Noun

米(こめ) • (kome) 

1. rice (husked grains of the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa), one of the five grains

   Hypernym: 五穀 (gokoku)

Derived terms

• See 米/derived terms § Rice (Japanese).

Proverbs

Proverbs

• 米(こめ)の飯(めし)とお天道(てんとう)様(さま)はどこへ行(い)っても付(つ)いて回(まわ)る (kome no meshi to o-tentō-sama wa doko e itte mo tsuite mawaru)
• 乞(こ)食(じき)が米(こめ)を零(こぼ)したよう (kojiki ga kome o koboshita yō)
• 糠(ぬか)を舐(ねぶ)りて米(こめ)に及(およ)ぶ (nuka o neburi te kome ni oyobu)
• 熊野(ゆや)松風(まつかぜ)は米(こめ)の飯(めし) (Yuya Matsukaze wa kome no meshi)

Coordinate terms

• 五(ご)穀(こく) (gokoku, “five grains”): 米(こめ) (kome, “rice”), 麦(むぎ) (mugi, “wheat”), 粟(あわ) (awa, “foxtail millet”), 黍(きび) (kibi, “proso millet”), 豆(まめ) (mame, “soybeans”)

See also

• 飯(いい) (ii, “cooked grains”)
• 稲(イネ) (ine, “rice plant”)
• ご飯(はん) (gohan, “cooked rice”)
• ライス (raisu)

Proper noun

米(こめ) • (Kome) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
米
よね Grade: 2
kun’yomi

⟨yo₂nai⟩ → */jənai/ → */jəne/ → /jone/

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 C.E.).

Possibly from Proto-Japonic *jənaC- (Vovin, 1998) and related to 稲 (ine, “rice plant”).

Unknown "-C-" consonantal segment, reconstructed by Vovin, seems unlikely considering [a ~ e] vowel alternation, seen in bound form yona- and free form yone:

Compare 藍 (awi → ai, “indigo”) from 青 (awo → ao, “blue”) + い (i, emphatic nominative particle) against 白い /siroi/ from ⟨siro₁ki₁⟩.

The colloquial sense is derived from the components of the 米 kanji: 八 (hachi, “eight”) + 十 (jū, “ten”) + 八 (hachi, “eight”).

Noun

米(よね) • (yone) 

1. the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa

   Synonym: 稲 (ine)

2. rice (husked grains of the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa)
3. (colloquial) an eighty-eight-year-old

   Synonym: 米寿 (beiju)

Derived terms

• See 米/derived terms § Asian rice (Japanese).

Proper noun

米(よね) • (Yone) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
米
めめ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

First attested around the Edo period.

Probably a shortened reduplication of kome (see above). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

米(めめ) • (meme) 

1. (colloquial) rice (husked grains of the rice plant)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
米
めーとる Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Borrowing from French mètre.

The use of this kanji is attested in the Meiji period and is an example of ateji (当て字), shortened from Mandarin 米突 (mǐtū), see Chinese section above.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) メートル [mèétórú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːto̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

米(メートル) • (mētoru) 

1. Rare spelling of メートル (mētoru): meter, metre (SI unit of length)
2. Rare spelling of メーター (mētā): a device or implement used for measurement

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 粍(ミリメートル) (mirimētoru, “millimeter, millimetre”)
• 糎(センチメートル) (senchimētoru, “centimeter, centimetre”)
• 粉(デシメートル) (deshimētoru, “decimeter, decimetre”)
• 籵(デカメートル) (dekamētoru, “decameter, decametre”)
• 粨(ヘクトメートル) (hekutomētoru, “hectometer, hectometre”)
• 粁(キロメートル) (kiromētoru, “kilometer, kilometre”)

Coordinate terms

• 瓦(グラム) (guramu, “gram”)
• 立(リットル) (rittoru, “liter, litre”)

See also

See also

• 吋(インチ) (inchi, “inch”)
• 呎(フィート) (fīto, “feet”), 呎(フート) (fūto, “foot”)
• 碼(ヤード) (yādo, “yard”)
• 哩(マイル) (mairu, “mile”)
• 海(かい)里(り), 浬(かいり) (kairi, “nautical mile”)

References

JIS: 4A46 Kuten: 4238 Shift JIS: 95C4 EUC-JP: CAC6 Frequency: 61 Nelson: 3461

New Nelson: 4380 Halpern: 3529 Halpern Learners: 2198 Heisig: 919 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 6b0.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 米 (MC mei^X).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	몡〯 (Yale: myěy)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2]	ᄡᆞᆯ〮 (Yale: psól)	미〯 (Yale: mǐ)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mi]
• Phonetic hangeul: [미]

Hanja

Wikisource

米 (eumhun 쌀 미 (ssal mi))

1. Hanja form^? of 미 (“rice”). [affix]

Compounds

Compounds

• 백미 (白米, baengmi)
• 미곡 (米穀, migok)
• 미음 (米飮, mieum)
• 현미 (玄米, hyeonmi)
• 정미소 (精米所, jeongmiso)
• 공양미 (供養米, gong-yangmi)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

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Vietnamese

Han character

米: Hán Việt readings: mễ (莫(mạc)禮(lễ)切(thiết))
米: Nôm readings: mễ, mè

1. Hán tự form of mễ (“rice grains”).

Compounds

• 米西基 (Mễ Tây Cơ, “Mexico”)