Chinese symbol for “meter”
米
mǐ
uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
The closest CC-CEDICT match for meter is 米 (mǐ), defined as: uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “meter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表 | biǎo | exterior surface; family relationship via females |
| 表 (錶) | biǎo | watch (timepiece); meter; gauge |
| 计 (計) | jì | to calculate; to compute |
| 仪表 (儀表) | yí biǎo | appearance; bearing |
| 公尺 | gōng chǐ | (Tw) meter (unit of length) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 米.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毫米 | háo mǐ | millimeter |
| 平方千米 | píng fāng qiān mǐ | square kilometer |
| 厘米 (釐米) | lí mǐ | centimeter |
| 玉米 | yù mǐ | corn; maize |
| 平方米 | píng fāng mǐ | square meter |
| 小米 | xiǎo mǐ | millet |
See also: Japanese symbol for “meter”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.