迷

See also: 述

迷	U+8FF7, 迷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FF7

← 迶
[U+8FF6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

迸 →
[U+8FF8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

迷 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜火木 (YFD), four-corner 3930₉, composition ⿺辶米)

References

KangXi: 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

trad.		迷
simp. ^#		迷

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 *miː) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 米 (OC *miːʔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mí (mi²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ми (mi, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): mai⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): mai³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mì
(Meixian, Guangdong): mi²
Min Bei (KCR): mî
Min Dong (BUC): mì
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bê / bî
(Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): mi (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mí
  - Wade–Giles: mi²
  - Yale: mí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ми (mi, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁴
  - Yale: màih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: mai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbai²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
  - Hakka Romanization System: miˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mi²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³/
Min Nan
- (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: mi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: mi (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²³/

Middle Chinese: /mei/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mei/
Pan Wuyun	/mei/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛj/
Li Rong	/mei/
Wang Li	/miei/
Bernard Karlgren	/miei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai⁴

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
- 酒不醉人人自醉，色不迷人人自迷。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  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):

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fan屎 (neologism, slang, humorous, derogatory)
番薯 (fānshǔ)
愛好家／爱好家 (àihàojiā)

愛好者／爱好者 (àihàozhě)
業餘者／业余者 (yèyúzhě)
發燒友／发烧友 (fāshāoyǒu)

粉絲／粉丝 (fěnsī) (informal)
飯／饭 (fàn) (neologism, slang)

Compounds

Derived terms from 迷

一迷
低迷 (dīmí)
低迷不振
入迷 (rùmí)
失迷 (shīmí)
如痴如迷
影迷 (yǐngmí)
愚迷
指迷
捉迷藏 (zhuō mícáng)
早迷晚寤
昏迷 (hūnmí)
昏迷不醒
棋迷
歌迷 (gēmí)
沉迷 (chénmí)
狂迷
狐迷
球迷 (qiúmí)
痴迷 (chīmí)
目眩神迷
目迷五色
笑迷迷
色迷 (sèmí)
色迷迷 (sèmímí)
茫然若迷
萋迷
著迷／着迷 (zháomí)
躲迷藏 (duǒmícáng)
迷人 (mírén)
迷人眼目
迷住 (mízhu)
迷你 (mínǐ)
迷你玫瑰
迷你盆景
迷你裙 (mínǐqún)
迷信 (míxìn)
迷倒
迷天大罪
迷失 (míshī)
迷失路途
迷奚
迷密
迷彩 (mícǎi)
迷忽忽
迷思 (mísī)
迷惑 (míhuò)
迷惑不解
迷惘 (míwǎng)

迷懵
迷暗
迷津
迷漫 (mímàn)
迷眼
迷瞪
迷糊 (míhu)
迷罔
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)
迷蝶
迷路 (mílù)
迷路羔羊
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)
迷魂 (míhún)
迷魂寨
遮天迷日
金迷粉醉
執迷／执迷 (zhímí)
執迷不悟／执迷不悟 (zhímíbùwù)
奇幻迷離／奇幻迷离
心蕩神迷／心荡神迷
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
指點迷津／指点迷津
撲朔迷離／扑朔迷离 (pūshuòmílí)
朦昧執迷／朦昧执迷
樂府指迷／乐府指迷
樂迷／乐迷
淒迷／凄迷

灌迷湯／灌迷汤
當局者迷／当局者迷
痰迷心竅／痰迷心窍
眼迷心蕩／眼迷心荡
破迷信財／破迷信财
空優迷彩／空优迷彩
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
萬人迷／万人迷 (wànrénmí)
覺返迷津／觉返迷津
財迷心竅／财迷心窍 (cáimíxīnqiào)
迷亂／迷乱 (míluàn)
迷了心竅／迷了心窍
迷人敗本／迷人败本
迷你豬／迷你猪
迷你電腦／迷你电脑
迷夢／迷梦 (mímèng)
迷宮／迷宫 (mígōng)
迷幻藥／迷幻药 (míhuànyào)
迷戀／迷恋 (míliàn)
迷樓／迷楼
迷溜沒亂／迷溜没乱
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
迷糊門／迷糊门
迷網／迷网
迷藥／迷药
迷言迷語／迷言迷语
迷走神經／迷走神经 (mízǒu shénjīng)
迷路東西／迷路东西
迷蹤失路／迷踪失路
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
迷魂奪魄／迷魂夺魄
迷魂湯／迷魂汤 (míhúntāng)
迷魂陣／迷魂阵
金迷紙醉／金迷纸醉
鬼迷心竅／鬼迷心窍 (guǐmíxīnqiào)

Japanese

Shinjitai	迷
Kyūjitai [1]	迷󠄁 迷+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	迷󠄃 迷+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

迷

(grade 5 “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)^{←まよひ (mayofi, historical)}; まよう (mayou, 迷う, Jōyō)^{←まよふ (mayofu, historical)}; まよわす (mayowasu, 迷わす)^{←まよはす (mayofasu, historical)}

Derived terms

さ迷(まよ)う (samayou): to wander
迷(まい)子(ご) (maigo): lost child

References

“迷”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 迷 (MC mei). 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

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

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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[1] “迷”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023