米 mǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- Made of
- 丷 kwukyel 木 tree
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
米饭
mǐfàn
cooked rice
Characters in this word
饭 fàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 反 reverse, opposite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我想吃米饭。 Wǒ xiǎng chī mǐfàn. I want to eat rice.
- 米饭很好吃。 Mǐfàn hěn hǎochī. The rice is delicious.
- 妈妈做了米饭。 Māma zuòle mǐfàn. Mom made rice.