糜

糜 · mí / méi

rice gruel, congee; mashed rice

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
mí · méi
Cantonese
mei4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

rice gruel, congee; mashed rice

Dictionary definitions & readings

糜 Mí · surname Mi

糜 méi · millet

糜 mí · rice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53159.050:mí,méi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0771.010:méi 0780.090:mí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
246.120:méi 249.180:mí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
mí粵mei4 méi粵mei4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ビ ミ ただれる かゆ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
미:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
靡爲 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IDFD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0029.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0912.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
042.25 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0017g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7CDC
Radical
米 · 119
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6287

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
糜
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
mje · 靡爲 · 止開三平支明 · #93

PHONO-ML, source line 798; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1028.102
kCowles
2658
kDaeJaweon
1339.150
kFennIndex
338.04
kGSR
0017g
kHanYu
53159.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1339.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53159.050
kIRGKangXi
0912.210
kKangXi
0912.210
kMatthews
4453
kMeyerWempe
1807
kMorohashi
27097 27097:E0101
kNelson
5395
kSBGY
042.25
kSMSZD2003Index
512.16 824.04
kCangjie
IDFD
kFenn
494G
kFourCornerCode
0029.4
kHKGlyph
3050
kMojiJoho
MJ019914 MJ019914:E0101 MJ019915:E0102
kPhonetic
862
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-4353
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C153
kIRG_JSource
J0-6476
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6616
kIRG_KSource
K1-607E
kIRG_TSource
T1-745D
kRSUnicode
119.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C153
kCCCII
215066
kCNS1986
1-745D
kCNS1992
1-745D
kEACC
215066
kGB0
3551
kGB1
3551
kJis0
6886
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4745
kTGH
2013:6287
kTaiwanTelegraph
4745
kXerox
263:346
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6055+119.6.11 C+6055+200.11.6
kCantonese
mei4
kDefinition
rice gruel, congee; mashed rice
kFanqie
靡爲
kHangul
미:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53159.050:mí,méi
kJapanese
ビ ミ ただれる かゆ
kJapaneseKun
KAYU TADARERU
kJapaneseOn
BI
kKorean
MI
kMandarin
mí
kSMSZD2003Readings
mí粵mei4 méi粵mei4
kTGHZ2013
246.120:méi 249.180:mí
kTang
myɛ
kXHC1983
0771.010:méi 0780.090:mí

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
13dictionary records using 糜1forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
麻 wraps around 米 from the upper left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿸麻米$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸麻米$(GHTKP)

^⿸广⿱𣏟米$(J)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.