Example sentences
mǐ米fàn饭hǎo好le了。
The rice is ready.
nǐ你yào要mǐ米fàn饭ma吗？
Do you want rice?
The story behind the character
米
A few grains of rice, the cross in the middle being the crease on each grain. Xu Shen wrote 米, 粟实也: "the seed of the grain." It's barely changed in a few thousand years; it's still just grains of rice.