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厘米 (lí mǐ): meaning and stroke order

厘米 (lí mǐ) means centimeter.

厘米

Simplified
厘米
Traditional
釐米
Pinyin
lí mǐ

Stroke order of 厘米

厘

  • lí variant of 釐|厘[li2]
  • Lí Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀[Ai1]
  • lí one hundredth; centi-
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 釐

Stroke by stroke

米

  • Mǐ surname Mi
  • mǐ uncooked rice; meter (unit of length)
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 厘米

  1. lí mǐ Traditional 釐米
    • centimeter

Radicals of the characters

厘
Radical 厂 (Kangxi radical 27) · 9 strokes · built from 厂 and 里
米
Radical 米 (Kangxi radical 119) · 6 strokes · built from 丷 and 木

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

厘米 in our stories

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  • 他回去仔细看了商品介绍，才发现上面写着：“玩具沙发，长十八厘米。”

    tā huíqu zǐxì kàn le shāngpǐn jièshào cái fāxiàn shàngmiàn xiě zhe wánjù shāfā cháng shíbā límǐ

    He went back and read the product description carefully, and only then saw that it said, "Toy sofa, 18 cm long."

    From the story The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4

Stories using 厘米

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).