# 迷

| 迷 | U+8FF7, &#36855; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FF7 |
| ← 迶 [U+8FF6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 迸 → [U+8FF8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

迷 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜火木 (YFD), four-corner 3930$_9$, composition ⿺辶米)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1255, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38825
* Dae Jaweon: page 1739, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3832, character 7
* Unihan data for U+8FF7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 迷
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 *miː): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 米 (OC *miːʔ)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mí (mi$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ми (mi, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mai$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mai$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mì
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mi$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): mî
* Eastern Min (BUC): mì
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): be$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bê / bî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mi$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$mi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mí
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mí
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^2$
*** Yale: mí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ми (mi, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^4$
*** Yale: màih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbai²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mî
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mì
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: be$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pe¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê
*** Tâi-lô: bê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bee
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /be²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /be²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
*** Tâi-lô: bî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mi$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mî
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mi
*** MiniDict: mi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$mi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²³/
* Middle Chinese: mej
Rime :
| Character | 迷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 莫兮切 |
| Baxter | mej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /mei/ |
| Wang Li | /miei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /miei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤij/
    (Zhengzhang): /*miː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 迷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mej › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁij/ |
| English | go astray |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 迷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9002 |
| Phonetic component | 米 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 迷 |
| Old Chinese | /*miː/ |

### Definitions

迷
* to get lost
    迷路 ― mílù ― to get lost; to lose one's way
* to confuse; to bewilder
* to bewitch; to charm; to infatuate
    迷人 ― mírén ― charming
    From: The Plum in the Golden Vase, circa 1610 CE
    Jiǔ bù zuì rén rén zì zuì, sè bù mí rén rén zì mí. [Pinyin]
    Alcohol does not intoxicate men, men are intoxicated by themselves; women do not infatuate men, men are infatuated by themselves.
* to be obsessed; to be crazy about
* confused; bewildered
* obsessed; crazy about
* fan (fanatic)
    歌迷 ― gēmí ― fan of a singer

#### Synonyms

* (fan):
* fan屎 (neologism, slang, humorous, derogatory)
* 愛好家 / 爱好家 (àihàojiā)
* 愛好者 / 爱好者 (àihàozhě)
* 業餘者 / 业余者 (yèyúzhě)
* 番薯 (fānshǔ)
* 發燒友 / 发烧友 (fāshāoyǒu)
* 粉絲 / 粉丝 (fěnsī) (informal)
* 飯 / 饭 (fàn) (neologism, slang)

### Compounds

* 一迷
* 低迷 (dīmí)
* 低迷不振
* 入迷 (rùmí)
* 執迷 / 执迷 (zhímí)
* 執迷不悟 / 执迷不悟 (zhímíbùwù)
* 失迷 (shīmí)
* 奇幻迷離 / 奇幻迷离
* 如痴如迷
* 影迷 (yǐngmí)
* 心蕩神迷 / 心荡神迷
* 愚迷
* 懷寶迷邦 / 怀宝迷邦
* 懷道迷邦 / 怀道迷邦
* 戀酒迷花 / 恋酒迷花
* 戲迷 / 戏迷 (xìmí)
* 打破迷關 / 打破迷关
* 指破迷團 / 指破迷团
* 指迷
* 指點迷津 / 指点迷津 (zhǐdiǎnmíjīn)
* 捉迷藏 (zhuō mícáng)
* 撲朔迷離 / 扑朔迷离 (pūshuòmílí)
* 早迷晚寤
* 昏迷 (hūnmí)
* 昏迷不醒
* 朦昧執迷 / 朦昧执迷
* 棋迷
* 樂府指迷 / 乐府指迷
* 樂迷 / 乐迷
* 歌迷 (gēmí)
* 沉迷 (chénmí)
* 淒迷 / 凄迷
* 灌迷湯 / 灌迷汤
* 狂迷
* 狐迷
* 球迷 (qiúmí)
* 當局者迷 / 当局者迷
* 痴迷 (chīmí)
* 痰迷心竅 / 痰迷心窍
* 目眩神迷
* 目迷五色
* 眼迷心蕩 / 眼迷心荡
* 破迷信財 / 破迷信财
* 萬人迷 / 万人迷 (wànrénmí)
* 空優迷彩 / 空优迷彩
* 笑迷迷
* 紙醉金迷 / 纸醉金迷 (zhǐzuìjīnmí)
* 老戲迷 / 老戏迷
* 聞道猶迷 / 闻道犹迷
* 色膽迷天 / 色胆迷天
* 色迷 (sèmí)
* 色迷迷
* 茫然若迷
* 萋迷
* 著迷 / 着迷
* 覺返迷津 / 觉返迷津
* 財迷心竅 / 财迷心窍 (cáimíxīnqiào)
* 躲迷藏 (duǒmícáng)
* 迷亂 / 迷乱 (míluàn)
* 迷了心竅 / 迷了心窍
* 迷人 (mírén)
* 迷人敗本 / 迷人败本
* 迷人眼目
* 迷住 (mízhu)
* 迷你 (mínǐ)
* 迷你玫瑰
* 迷你盆景
* 迷你裙 (mínǐqún)
* 迷你豬 / 迷你猪
* 迷你電腦 / 迷你电脑
* 迷信 (míxìn)
* 迷倒
* 迷夢 / 迷梦 (mímèng)
* 迷天大罪
* 迷失 (míshī)
* 迷失路途
* 迷奚
* 迷宮 / 迷宫 (mígōng)
* 迷密
* 迷幻藥 / 迷幻药 (míhuànyào)
* 迷彩 (mícǎi)
* 迷忽忽
* 迷思 (mísī)
* 迷惑 (míhuò)
* 迷惘 (míwǎng)
* 迷惑不解
* 迷懵
* 迷戀 / 迷恋 (míliàn)
* 迷暗
* 迷樓 / 迷楼
* 迷津
* 迷溜沒亂 / 迷溜没乱
* 迷漫 (mímàn)
* 迷濛 / 迷蒙 (míméng)
* 迷留悶亂 / 迷留闷乱
* 迷留摸亂 / 迷留摸乱
* 迷留沒亂 / 迷留没乱
* 迷眼
* 迷瞪
* 迷糊
* 迷糊門 / 迷糊门
* 迷網 / 迷网
* 迷罔 (míwǎng)
* 迷而不反
* 迷而不返
* 迷而知反
* 迷而知返
* 迷胡
* 迷航
* 迷花眼笑
* 迷茫 (mímáng)
* 迷藏 (mícáng)
* 迷藥 / 迷药
* 迷蝶
* 迷言迷語 / 迷言迷语
* 迷走神經 / 迷走神经 (mízǒu shénjīng)
* 迷路 (mílù)
* 迷路東西 / 迷路东西
* 迷路羔羊
* 迷蹤失路 / 迷踪失路
* 迷迭香 (mídiéxiāng)
* 迷迷惑惑
* 迷迷瞪瞪
* 迷迷糊糊
* 迷途 (mítú)
* 迷途知反
* 迷途知返 (mítúzhīfǎn)
* 迷醉 (mízuì)
* 迷錯 / 迷错
* 迷離 / 迷离 (mílí)
* 迷離倘恍 / 迷离倘恍
* 迷離撲朔 / 迷离扑朔
* 迷離顛倒 / 迷离颠倒
* 迷霧 / 迷雾 (míwù)
* 迷頭 / 迷头
* 迷颩模登 / 迷𱃔模登
* 迷魂 (míhún)
* 迷魂奪魄 / 迷魂夺魄
* 迷魂寨
* 迷魂湯 / 迷魂汤 (míhúntāng)
* 迷魂陣 / 迷魂阵
* 遮天迷日
* 金迷粉醉
* 金迷紙醉 / 金迷纸醉
* 鬼迷心竅 / 鬼迷心窍 (guǐmíxīnqiào)

### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: mê (迷)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 迷 |
| Kyūjitai | 迷󠄁 迷+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 迷󠄃 迷+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* to be lost

#### Readings

* Go-on: まい (mai)
* Kan-on: べい (bei)
* Kan’yō-on: めい (mei, Jōyō)
* Kun: まよい (mayoi, 迷い)、まよう (mayou, 迷う, Jōyō)、まよわす (mayowasu, 迷わす)

#### Compounds

* 迷(まい)子(ご) (maigo): lost child
* 迷宮(めいきゅう) (meikyū)
* 迷彩(めいさい) (meisai)
* 迷信(めいしん) (meishin)
* 迷乱(めいらん) (meiran)
* 迷妄(めいもう) (meimō)
* 迷路(めいろ) (meiro)
* 迷惑(めいわく) (meiwaku)
* 頑迷(がんめい) (ganmei)
* 混迷(こんめい) (konmei)
* 低迷(ていめい) (teimei)

### References

* ↑ “迷”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 迷 (MC mej). Recorded as Middle Korean 미 (mi) (Yale: mi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 迷 (eumhun 미혹할 미 (mihokhal mi))
* hanja form of 미 (“to get lost”)
* hanja form of 미 (“confusion”)

#### Compounds

* 미견 (迷見, migyeon)
* 미궁 (迷宮, migung)
* 미로 (迷路, miro)
* 미망 (迷妄, mimang)
* 미신 (迷信, misin)
* 미아 (迷兒, mia)
* 미채 (迷彩, michae)
* 미혹 (迷惑, mihok)
* 혼미 (昏迷, honmi)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

迷: Hán Nôm readings: mê, mài, mế, mơ, muồi, me
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