Chinese symbol for “milling”
研磨
yán mó
milling; to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade
The closest CC-CEDICT match for milling is 研磨 (yán mó), defined as: milling; to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade; whetstone; pestle.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “milling”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 研磨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 研究 | yán jiū | research; a study |
| 研发 (研發) | yán fā | research and development; to develop |
| 研究所 | yán jiū suǒ | research institute; graduate studies |
| 研究生 | yán jiū shēng | graduate student; postgraduate student |
| 科研 | kē yán | (scientific) research |
| 研制 (研製) | yán zhì | to research and manufacture; to research and to develop |
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture |
| 琢磨 | zhuó mó | to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work |
See also: Japanese symbol for “milling”.
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.