# 眯

| 眯 | U+772F, &#30511; 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 6909$_4$, 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

| | 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
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mí, mǐ (mi$^2$, mi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄇㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî / mi
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$mi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mí
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mí
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^2$
*** Yale: mí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǐ
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^3$
*** Yale: mǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^5$
*** Yale: máih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: $^1$mi
*** 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$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /miei$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mai$^5$ |
* 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; 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
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mì (mi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/

#### Definitions

眯
* (obsolete) nightmare

### 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

(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