毫 háo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 毛 — hair, fur, feathers
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
毫米
háomǐ
millimeter
Characters in this word
米 mǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 一毫米很短。 Yì háo mǐ hěn duǎn. One millimeter is very short.
- 纸厚五毫米。 Zhǐ hòu wǔ háo mǐ. The paper is five millimeters thick.
- 线长十毫米。 Xiàn cháng shí háo mǐ. The thread is ten millimeters long.