眯

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See also: 瞇
眯 U+772F, 眯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-772F
← 眮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眰 →

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

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

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 		/meiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/meiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɛiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mɛjX/
Li
Rong 		/meiX/
Wang
Li 		/mieiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mieiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mai5
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

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

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 眯 – see 瞇 (“to squint; to narrow one's eyes; to take a nap; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 瞇).
Notes:

Etymology 3

trad. 眯
simp. # 眯

Pronunciation

Definitions

眯

  1. (obsolete) nightmare

References

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

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