眯

See also: 瞇

眯 U+772F, 眯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-772F ← 眮 [U+772E] CJK Unified Ideographs 眰 → [U+7730]

Translingual

Han character

眯 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山火木 (BUFD), four-corner 6909₄, composition ⿰目米)

Derived characters

• 蔝

Related characters

• 瞇 (Variant form of 眯 in mainland China)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 806, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23289
• Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2488, character 1
• Unihan data for U+772F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (米) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
謎	*miː, *miːs
迷	*miː
米	*miːʔ
眯	*miːʔ
洣	*miːʔ
蔝	*miːʔ
麊	*me
冞	*me
糜	*mral
敉	*meʔ
侎	*meʔ
麋	*mril
蘪	*mril
攗	*mril

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *miːʔ) : semantic 目 + phonetic 米 (OC *miːʔ).

Etymology 1

trad.		眯
simp. #		眯
alternative forms		瞇 眫 𥅼 𥅘 𥌃 瞇 眫 𥅼 𥅘 𥌃 𡬍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mí, mǐ (mi², mi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî / mi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mí
    • Wade–Giles: mi²
    • Yale: mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐ
    • Wade–Giles: mi³
    • Yale: mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mai⁵
    • Yale: máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî / mi
    • Tâi-lô: bî / mi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bii, my
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/, /mĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/, /mĩ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/, /mĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/, /mĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/, /mĩ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹mi
    • MiniDict: 'mi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: mejX

Rime
Character	眯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫禮切
Baxter	mejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meiX/
Pan Wuyun	/meiX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjX/
Li Rong	/meiX/
Wang Li	/mieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*miːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眯
Reading #	1/1
No.	9004
Phonetic component	米
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	米
Old Chinese	/*miːʔ/

Definitions

眯

1. to get (dust) into one's eye; to blind

Compounds

• 播糠眯目

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 眯 – see 瞇 (“to squint; to narrow one's eyes; to take a nap; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 瞇).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

trad.		眯
simp. #		眯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/

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Definitions

眯

1. (obsolete) nightmare

References

• “眯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

眯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai); み (mi)
• Kan-on: べい (bei); び (bi)
• Kun: くるむ (kurumu, 眯む)

Vietnamese

Han character

眯: Hán Nôm readings: mễ

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References

• Nom Foundation