毫釐 háolí an iota Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 毫 háo fine hair (bound form) fine long hair or fur on an animal; also refers to the tip of a writing brush made from such hair厘 釐 lí noun [unit of measure] (bound form) a unit of weight, length, or area equal to one-thousandth or one-hundredth of a standard unit; specifically one-thousandth of a 元 yuán or 0.05 grams; also used for centi- in metric terms like 厘米 límǐ