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眯

眯

See also: 粗 and 瞇

Translingual

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, OC *miːʔ) : semantic 目 + phonetic 米 ‎(OC *miːʔ).

Han character

眯 (radical 109 目+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.
 眯

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 眯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 莫禮切
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		 mǐ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 眯
Reading # 1/1
No. 9004
Phonetic
component		 米
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 米
Old
Chinese		 /*miːʔ/

Verb

眯

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

Etymology 2

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

References

Japanese

Kanji

眯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Vietnamese

Han character

眯 (mị, mễ)

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