# 미

| 미 | U+BBF8, &#48120; HANGUL SYLLABLE MI |
| Composition: | ㅁ + ㅣ |
| ← 믷 [U+BBF7] | Hangul Syllables | 믹 → [U+BBF9] |
미믹믺믻민믽믾 믿밀밁밂밃밄밅 밆밇밈밉밊밋밌 밍밎및밐밑밒밓 :
| 믜 ← | → 바 |

## Jeju
### Pronunciation

* (Morphophonemic) IPA: ⫽mi⫽
* (Jeju City) IPA: [mi]
* Phonetic hangul: [미]

### Noun

미 (mi)
* guy

## Korean
### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 美.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [mi(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [미(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

미 • (mi) (hanja 美)
* beauty

#### Proper noun

미 • (Mi) (hanja 美)
* Short for 미국(美國) (Miguk, “the U.S.”).

#### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 美 for Sino-Korean compounds of 미 (美, mi).

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian mi.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [mi]
* Phonetic hangul: [미]

#### Noun

미 • (mi)
* (music) third note of the major scale, mi.

### Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

미 • (mi)
* 米: rice
    (eumhun reading: 쌀 미 (ssal mi)) (MC reading: 米 (MC mejX))
* 未: not
    (eumhun reading: 아닐 미 (anil mi)) (MC reading: 未 (MC mj+jH))
* 味: flavor
    (eumhun reading: 맛 미 (mat mi)) (MC reading: 味 (MC mj+jH))
* 美: beauty
    (eumhun reading: 아름다울 미 (areumdaul mi)) (MC reading: 美 (MC mijX))
* 尾: tail
    (eumhun reading: 꼬리 미 (kkori mi)) (MC reading: 尾 (MC mj+jX))
* 迷: confusion
    (eumhun reading: 미혹할 미 (mihokhal mi)) (MC reading: 迷 (MC mej))
* 微: small
    (eumhun reading: 작을 미 (jageul mi)) (MC reading: 微 (MC mj+j))
* 眉: eyebrow
    (eumhun reading: 눈썹 미 (nunsseop mi)) (MC reading: 眉 (MC mij))
* 渼: swimming
    (eumhun reading: 물놀이 미 (mullori mi)) (MC reading: 渼 (MC mijX))
* 薇: fern
    (eumhun reading: 고비 미 (gobi mi)) (MC reading: 薇 (MC mij|mj+j))
* 彌: thoroughly
    (eumhun reading: 두루 미 (duru mi)) (MC reading: 彌 (MC mjie))
* 嵄:
    (MC reading: 嵄)
* 媄:
    (MC reading: 媄 (MC mijX))
* 媚: flattery
    (eumhun reading: 아첨할 미 (acheomhal mi)) (MC reading: 媚 (MC mijH))
* 嵋: name of a mountain
    (eumhun reading: 산 이름 미 (san ireum mi)) (MC reading: 嵋 (MC mij))
* 梶: treetop
    (eumhun reading: 나무 끝 미 (namu kkeut mi)) (MC reading: 梶)
* 楣: lintel
    (eumhun reading: 문미 미 (munmi mi)) (MC reading: 楣 (MC mij))
* 湄: shore
    (eumhun reading: 물가 미 (mulga mi)) (MC reading: 湄 (MC mij))
* 謎: puzzle
    (eumhun reading: 수수께끼 미 (susukkekki mi)) (MC reading: 謎 (MC mejH))
* 靡: collapse
    (eumhun reading: 쓰러질 미 (sseureojil mi)) (MC reading: 靡 (MC mjeX))
* 黴: mold
    (eumhun reading: 곰팡이 미 (gompang'i mi)) (MC reading: 黴 (MC mij))
* 躾:
    (MC reading: 躾)
* 媺:
    (MC reading: 媺 (MC mijX))
* 濔:
    (MC reading: 濔 (MC mjieX))
* 煝:
    (MC reading: 煝 (MC mijH))
* 娓:
    (MC reading: 娓 (MC mj+jX|mijH))
* 洣:
    (MC reading: 洣 (MC mejX))
* 侎:
    (MC reading: 侎 (MC mjieX))
* 瑂:
    (MC reading: 瑂 (MC mij))
* 𥹄: to enter deeply
    (eumhun reading: 깊이 들어갈 미 (gipi deureogal mi)) (MC reading: 𥹄)
* 㵟:
    (MC reading: 㵟)
* 冞:
    (MC reading: 冞 (MC mjie))
* 蘪:
    (MC reading: 蘪 (MC mij))
* 亹:
    (MC reading: 亹 (MC mj+jX))
* 弭:
    (MC reading: 弭 (MC mjieX))
* 敉:
    (MC reading: 敉 (MC mjieX))
* 麋:
    (MC reading: 麋 (MC mij))
* 瀰:
    (MC reading: 瀰 (MC mjie|mjieX))
* 獼:
    (MC reading: 獼 (MC mjie))
* 糜:
    (MC reading: 糜 (MC mje))
* 縻:
    (MC reading: 縻 (MC mje))
* 苿:
    (MC reading: 苿)
* 蘼:
    (MC reading: 蘼 (MC mje|mjeX))
* 弥: Alternative form of 彌
    (MC reading: 弥)
* 咩:
    (MC reading: 咩)
* 羋:
    (MC reading: 羋 (MC mjieX))
* 芈:
    (MC reading: 芈)
* 菋:
    (MC reading: 菋 (MC mj+jH))

### References

* Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).