眯

See also: 瞇

眯	U+772F, 眯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-772F

← 眮
[U+772E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

眰 →
[U+7730]

Translingual

Han character

眯 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月山火木 (BUFD), four-corner 6909₄, composition ⿰目米)

Derived characters

蔝

Related characters

瞇 (Variant form of 眯 in mainland China)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 806, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23289
Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2488, character 1
Unihan data for U+772F

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

trad.		眯
simp. ^#		眯
alternative forms		瞇眫𥅼𥅘𥌃瞇眫𥅼𥅘𥌃𡬍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mí, mǐ (mi², mi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî / mi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹mi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mí
  - Wade–Giles: mi²
  - Yale: mí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐ
  - Wade–Giles: mi³
  - Yale: mǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mai⁵
  - Yale: máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî / mi
  - Tâi-lô: bî / mi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bii, my
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴/, /mĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴/, /mĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/, /mĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/, /mĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/, /mĩ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹mi
  - MiniDict: 'mi^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'mi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi⁵³/

Middle Chinese: mejX

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
Baxter	mejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mei^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mei^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛj^X/
Li Rong	/mei^X/
Wang Li	/miei^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miei^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*miːʔ/

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/

Definitions

眯

to get (dust) into one's eye; to blind

Compounds

播糠眯目

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 眯 – see 瞇 (“to squint; to narrow one's eyes; to take a nap; to doze off; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 瞇).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

trad.		眯
simp. ^#		眯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mì
  - Wade–Giles: mi⁴
  - Yale: mì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/

Definitions

眯

(obsolete) nightmare

References

“眯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

眯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: まい (mai)、み (mi)
Kan-on: べい (bei)、び (bi)
Kun: くるむ (kurumu, 眯む)

Vietnamese

Han character

眯: Hán Nôm readings: mễ

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References

Nom Foundation