迷

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 辶 (“walk”) + phonetic 米

Han character

迷 (radical 162 辵+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜火木 (YFD), four-corner 3930₉, composition ⿺⻌米)

1. bewitch, charm, infatuate

See also

• 述

References

• KangXi: page 1255, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38825
• Dae Jaweon: page 1739, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3832, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8FF7

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		迷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mí (mi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mì
• Min Nan (POJ): bê / bî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁴
    • Yale: màih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /mi¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê / bî
    • Tâi-lô: bê / bî
    • IPA (Taipei): /be²³/, /bi²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³/, /bi¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (迷, reconstructed)
Character (迷), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 莫兮切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mei/	/miei/	/mei/	/mei/	/mɛj/	/miei/	/mɛi/

Old Chinese pronunciation (迷, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
迷								mí								‹ mej ›								/*mˤij/								go astray
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
迷					9002					米					脂					2					迷					/*miː/

Verb

迷

1. to get lost
2. to confuse, to bewilder

Adjective

迷

1. obsessed, crazy about

Noun

迷

1. fan

References

• "迷" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-28.

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Japanese

Kanji

迷

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: めい (mei)
• Kun: まよう (mayou), まどう (madou), まよい (mayoi)

Derived terms

• さ迷う (さまよう, samayou, “wander”)

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Korean

Hanja

迷 (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: mê, mài, mế, mơ, muồi, me

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