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眯

mī, mí

be blinded

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 米 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瞇.

Components
目 meaning component

目  Meaning component

mù

  

eye

米 sound component

米  Sound component

mǐ

  

rice

Evolution

眯 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
眯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
眯 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
眯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

眯  

mī

be blinded

眯  

mí

to blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. [mǐ]

眯 (瞇) 

mī

to narrow one's eyes; to squint; (dialect) to take a nap

Most common words with 眯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

眯

to squint

笑眯眯

beaming

眯缝

to squint

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2955th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+772F

Shuowen

“眯，艸入目中也。从目，米聲。”


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