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迷

mí

get lost, go astray

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 米 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

米 sound component

米  Sound component

mǐ

  

rice

Evolution

迷 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
迷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
迷 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
迷 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
迷 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

迷  

mí

bewitch, charm, infatuate; to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused

Most common words with 迷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

迷

fan

球迷

fan (ball sports)

迷人

fascinating

昏迷

stupor

迷路

lost

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

謎 谜

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

謎 谜 瞇 醚

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mˤij

mej

mí

go astray


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 56.3191% of movies

729th most common character in movies

1153rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+8FF7

Shuowen

“迷，或也。从辵，米聲。”


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