méi
mold
A small 微 black 黑 growth; 微 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 黴
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to have bad luck | ||
fungi | ||
penicillin | ||
mold | ||
to become moldy |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 12.8144% of movies
1863rd most common character in movies
2425th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 23 |
Unicode | U+9EF4 |
Shuowen | “黴，中久雨青黑。从黑，微省聲。” |
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