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

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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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 眯

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

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

(deprecated template usage) 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

眯

(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)

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Vietnamese

Han character

眯: Hán Nôm readings: mễ

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References

• Nom Foundation