Learn 米
rice
Recognize 米, know its sound, and learn one way to use it.
When you’re ready, mark this character as completed at the end of the lesson.
Enough for Tomorrow
1 min illustrated story · A little help remembering 米
It was the first time Alex and Lin had cooked rice together. Alex tipped two small measures of dry rice into the cooker bowl. It hardly covered the bottom.
“Enough?” he asked.
“Let’s see what happens,” Lin said.
They rinsed the grains and added water, following the cooker instructions. While it worked, Lin chopped vegetables and Alex found two bowls. He also put two empty storage containers on the counter, although he doubted they would need them.
When the cooker finished, they let it rest before opening it carefully. Alex lifted the lid away from his face. Inside was a deep layer of soft white rice.
He looked from the pot to the little measuring cup.
“That was hiding in there?”
They filled their bowls and still had plenty left for later meals. After dinner, they promptly packed the extra rice into the shallow containers for the fridge.
Alex washed the measuring cup.
“Next time, we trust this,” he said. “It knows more about dinner than I do.”
One way to use 米.
米 means uncooked rice in this lesson. 大米 refers to husked, uncooked rice. Use 米饭 (mǐ fàn) for cooked rice; 生米 (shēng mǐ) explicitly means raw rice. These are food words, not interchangeable labels for every stage.
Can you recognize it?
Which character means rice, including uncooked rice?
Make 米 part of your Hanzi.
Choose Mark as completed below to save this character to your completed list.
Explore more Hanzi →