芈

芈 · mǐ

bleat of sheep; surname

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
mǐ
Cantonese
me1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bleat of sheep; surname

Dictionary definitions & readings

芈 Mǐ · surname Mi

芈 mǐ · to bleat (of a sheep)

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0782.050:mǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
250.050:mǐ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
綿婢 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
XTQ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1150 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1019.061 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
245.18 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8288
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
3
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6588

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

7 strokes
芈
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 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

羋

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
mjieX · 綿婢 · 止開三上支明 · #1227

PHONO-ML, source line 9169; 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
kHanYu
53174.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53174.060
kIRGKangXi
1019.061
kKangXi
1019.061
kSBGY
245.18
kCangjie
XTQ
kFourCornerCode
1150
kPhonetic
1530
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G0-5842
kRSUnicode
140.3
kTotalStrokes
7
kEACC
216330
kGB0
5634
kGB1
5634
kMainlandTelegraph
9090
kTGH
2013:6588
kCantonese
me1
kDefinition
bleat of sheep; surname
kFanqie
綿婢
kJapaneseOn
BA MA BI MI
kKorean
MI
kMandarin
mǐ
kTGHZ2013
250.050:mǐ
kXHC1983
0782.050:mǐ
kTraditionalVariant
U+7F8B

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 芈0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿻ Overlaid

Shape description
卝 overlaps 𰀁 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿻卝𰀁$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿻卝𰀁$(G)

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