蘼

蘼 · mí

millet

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
mí
Cantonese
mei4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

millet

Dictionary definitions & readings

蘼 mí · millet

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53337.050:mí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0780.050:mí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
250.020: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 文彼 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TIDY Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4421.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1071.300 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
042.29 241.19 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+863C
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
19
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8090

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

22 strokes
蘼
Strokes
22
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

22 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
Middle Chinese
mjeX · 文彼 · 止開三上支明 · #1202

PHONO-ML, source line 802; 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
1181.604
kDaeJaweon
1538.010
kHanYu
53337.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1538.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53337.050
kIRGKangXi
1071.300
kKangXi
1071.300
kMorohashi
32583:E0102
kSBGY
042.29 241.19
kSMSZD2003Index
606.12
kCangjie
TIDY
kFourCornerCode
4421.1
kMojiJoho
MJ023246 MJ023246:E0101 MJ023247:E0102
kPhonetic
890
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E42
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F7F3
kIRG_JSource
J14-7735
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-70AF
kIRG_KSource
K1-6123
kIRG_TSource
T2-6F42
kRSUnicode
140.19
kTotalStrokes
22
kBigFive
F7F3
kCCCII
23283E
kCNS1986
2-6F42
kCNS1992
2-6F42
kEACC
23283E
kGB0
6234
kGB1
6234
kJIS0213
2,87,21
kJis1
5820
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5701
kTGH
2013:8090
kTaiwanTelegraph
5701
kXerox
300:311
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18573+140.3.19
kCantonese
mei4
kDefinition
millet
kFanqie
靡爲 文彼
kHangul
미:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53337.050:mí
kJapanese
ビ ミ
kJapaneseOn
BI MI
kKorean
MI
kMandarin
mí
kSMSZD2003Readings
mí粵mei4
kTGHZ2013
250.020:mí
kXHC1983
0780.050:mí

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 蘼0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 靡 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹靡$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹靡$(GHTJKP)

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