Chinese symbol for “mill”
磨坊
mò fáng
mill
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mill is 磨坊 (mò fáng), defined as: mill.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mill”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铣 (銑) | xǐ | to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. [xian3] |
| 碾磨 | niǎn mó | to mill; to grind |
| 磨子 | mò zi | mill; grain mill; millstone |
| 坊 | fáng | workshop; mill |
| 厂子 (廠子) | chǎng zi | (coll.) factory; mill |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 磨坊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture |
| 琢磨 | zhuó mó | to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work |
| 磨损 (磨損) | mó sǔn | to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out |
| 磨难 (磨難) | mó nàn | a torment; a trial |
| 消磨 | xiāo mó | to wear down; to sap |
| 街坊 | jiē fāng | neighborhood; neighbor |
| 作坊 | zuō fang | workshop (of artisan) |
| 牌坊 | pái fāng | memorial arch |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mill”.
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.