靡

Translingual

Han character

靡 (Kangxi radical 175, 非+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈金中一卜 (ICLMY) or 戈木中一卜 (IDLMY), four-corner 0021₁, composition ⿸麻非)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1383, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42612
• Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4088, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9761

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Chinese

trad.		靡
simp. #		靡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
麻	*mraːl
痲	*mraːl
犘	*mraːl
縻	*mral
醿	*mral
爢	*mral
蘼	*mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡	*mralʔ
摩	*maːl, *maːls
魔	*maːl
磨	*maːl, *maːls
劘	*maːl
麽	*maːl
麼	*maːlʔ
塺	*maːls, *mɯːl
麾	*hmral

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐ (mi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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: mei⁵
    • Yale: méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
    • Tâi-lô: bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjeX

Rime
Character	靡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文彼切
Baxter	mjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/miɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/mjeX/
Wang Li	/mǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)ajʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	靡	靡	靡	靡
Reading #	2/5	3/5	4/5	5/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐ	mǐ	mǐ	mǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mjeX ›	‹ mjeX ›	‹ mjeX ›	‹ mjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)ajʔ/	/*m(r)ajʔ/	/*m(r)ajʔ/	/*m(r)ajʔ/
English	squander	not have, not exist	fall over	small, tiny
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	靡
Reading #	1/1
No.	8701
Phonetic component	麻
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	靡
Old Chinese	/*mralʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 靡

1. (literary) blown down by the wind
2. (literary) extravagant; beautiful; splendid
3. (literary) no; not

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mí (mi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mí
    • Wade–Giles: mi²
    • Yale: mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁴
    • Yale: mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
    • Tâi-lô: bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)aj/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	靡
Reading #	1/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mí
Middle Chinese	‹ mje ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)aj/
English	to share with
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.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 靡

1. extravagant; wasteful; to waste
2. ^† to extinguish; to eliminate
3. ^† to rotten; to damage
4. ^† to exhaust; to use up
5. ^† to divide; to disperse; to scatter
6. ^† to share

References

• “靡”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

靡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi); び (bi); み (mi)
• Kun: なびく (nabiku); ない (nai)

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Korean

Hanja

靡 (eum 미 (mi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

靡: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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