Hanja Analyzer
迷

迷 — mi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
미혹할 미
Romanization
mi
English
bewitch, charm, infatuate
Mandarin
mí
Japanese on'yomi
メイ, ベイ, ビ
Japanese kun'yomi
まよ.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#942 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
辵 (162, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
米(미)
Unicode
U+8FF7

Parts that make up 迷

  • 米 쌀 미sound 낟알이 흩어진 모양쌀과 곡식 알갱이
  • ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 迷 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 迷 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 米.

Korean example words with 迷

  • 미견迷見 Korean gloss: 사리에 어두운 생각이나 견해
  • 미아迷兒 Korean gloss: 길이나 집을 잃고 헤매는 아이
  • 미혹迷惑 Korean gloss: 무엇에 홀려 정신을 차리지 못함
  • 미몽迷夢 Korean gloss: 무엇에 홀린 듯 똑똑하지 못하고 얼떨떨한 정신 상태
  • 미식迷息 Korean gloss: 못난 자식이라는 뜻으로, ‘가아’를 달리 이르는 말
  • 미궁迷宮 Korean gloss: 들어가면 나올 길을 쉽게 찾을 수 없게 되어 있는 곳
  • 미망迷妄 Korean gloss: 사리에 어두워 갈피를 잡지 못하고 헤맴. 또는 그런 상태
  • 미신迷信 Korean gloss: 과학적ㆍ합리적 근거가 없는 것을 맹목적으로 믿음. 또는 그런 일
  • 혼미하다昏迷 Korean gloss: 정세 따위가 분명하지 아니하고 불안정하다
  • 미로형迷路型 Korean gloss: 미로와 같은 형식
  • 미리迷離 Korean gloss: 분명하지 못함.
  • 미조迷鳥 Korean gloss: 길을 잃은 철새.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 迷

  • 低迷ていめい hanging low (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.)
  • 迷惑めいわく trouble; bother; annoyance
  • 混迷こんめい turmoil; chaos; confusion
  • 迷いまよい hesitation; bewilderment; perplexity
  • 迷路めいろ maze; labyrinth; inner ear
  • 迷うまよう to lose one's way; to get lost; to go astray
  • 迷わすまよわす to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder
  • 迷子まいご lost child; lost person; stray child
  • 迷彩めいさい camouflage; disguise
  • 迷宮めいきゅう labyrinth; maze; mystery
  • 迷信めいしん superstition; superstitious belief
  • 迷惑行為めいわくこうい disruptive behaviour; harassment; abusive behaviour

Characters sharing the phonetic 米

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “미” in Korean.

Other hanja read “미”

Other hanja with radical 辵

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