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See also: and

Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*miː, *miːs
*miː
*miːʔ
*miːʔ
*miːʔ
*miːʔ
*me
*me
*mral
*meʔ
*meʔ
*mril
*mril
*mril

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *miːʔ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *miːʔ).

Han character

(radical 109 +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山火木 (BUFD), four-corner 69094)

  1. be blinded

References

  • KangXi: page 806, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23289
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2488, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+772F

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/meiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/meiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛjX/
Li
Rong
/meiX/
Wang
Li
/mieiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mieiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9004
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*miːʔ/

Verb

  1. to get into one's eye, to blind

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is the simplified form of .)
Notes:

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Vietnamese

Han character

(mị, mễ)

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