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 (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: 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

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).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		眯
variant forms		瞇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mí (mi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵
Min Nan (POJ): bî / mi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: mih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
  - IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁵
  - Yale: máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /mei^X/▼

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	/mei^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mei^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛj^X/
Li Rong	/mei^X/
Wang Li	/miei^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/miei^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ

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 into one's eye, to blind

Etymology 2

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

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

眯

(uncommon “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 (mễ)

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References

Nom Foundation

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