毫克 (háo kè) — milligram

Definition

classifier
milligram

Examples

  • 毫克C
    Zhè zhǒng yào yí piàn hán háo kè de wéi shēng sù C.
    Each tablet of this medicine contains one milligram of vitamin C.
  • 毫克
    Shí yàn xū yào jīng què dào háo kè.
    The experiment needs precision down to the milligram.
  • 毫克
    Yī shēng kāi de jì liàng shì měi tiān wǔ háo kè.
    The dosage prescribed by the doctor is five milligrams per day.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

háothousandth
gram

毫 marks a thousandth of a unit, and 克 is the gram, giving the meaning milligram.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

The written form 毫 is built from 高 and 毛.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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