縻

縻 · mí

halter for ox; tie up, harness

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
mí
Cantonese
mei4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

halter for ox; tie up, harness

Dictionary definitions & readings

縻 mí · to tie up

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53447.040:mí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0780.070:mí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
249.190:mí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
mí粵mei4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ビ ミ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
미:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
靡爲 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IDVIF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0029.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0936.170 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
042.26 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7E3B
Radical
糸 · 120
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6288

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
縻
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 799; 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
1057.502
kDaeJaweon
1375.140
kHanYu
53447.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1375.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53447.040
kIRGKangXi
0936.170
kKangXi
0936.170
kMatthews
4454
kMeyerWempe
1807d
kMorohashi
27839 27839:E0101
kNelson
5394
kSBGY
042.26
kSMSZD2003Index
529.07 824.05
kCangjie
IDVIF
kFourCornerCode
0029.3
kMojiJoho
MJ020367 MJ020367:E0101 MJ020368:E0102
kPhonetic
862
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7763
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EDDD
kIRG_JSource
J0-655B
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-67C5
kIRG_KSource
K1-6121
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E4A
kRSUnicode
120.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EDDD
kCCCII
22726D
kCNS1986
2-5E4A
kCNS1992
2-5E4A
kEACC
22726D
kGB0
8767
kGB1
8767
kJis0
6959
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4919
kTGH
2013:6288
kTaiwanTelegraph
4919
kXerox
275:101
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6122+120.6.11 C+6122+200.11.6
kCantonese
mei4
kDefinition
halter for ox; tie up, harness
kFanqie
靡爲
kHangul
미:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53447.040:mí
kJapanese
ビ ミ
kJapaneseKun
KIZUNA
kJapaneseOn
BI
kKorean
MI
kMandarin
mí
kSMSZD2003Readings
mí粵mei4
kTGHZ2013
249.190:mí
kTang
myɛ
kXHC1983
0780.070:mí

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 縻0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸麻糸$(GHTKP)

^⿸广⿱𣏟糸$(J)

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