Chinese symbol for “millet”
小米
xiǎo mǐ
millet
The closest CC-CEDICT match for millet is 小米 (xiǎo mǐ), defined as: millet.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “millet”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谷子 (穀子) | gǔ zi | millet; (ACG) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu") |
| 粟 | sù | millet; (metonym) grain |
| 稷 | jì | millet; God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers |
| 蘼 | mí | millet |
| 糜 | méi | millet |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 小米.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小时 (小時) | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 小学 (小學) | xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss |
| 小组 (小組) | xiǎo zǔ | group |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; 个 (gè) |
| 毫米 | háo mǐ | millimeter |
| 平方千米 | píng fāng qiān mǐ | square kilometer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “millet”.
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.