漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
迷: astray, be perplexed
Also: in doubt, lost, err, illusion
JLPT N39 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
⻌ carries the meaning · 米 gives the sound
9 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
メイmei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 迷路めいろmaze, labyrinth, blind alley
- 迷信めいしんsuperstition
- 迷惑なめいわくなannoying, troubling
- 低迷するていめいするhang low , hover
- 混迷するこんめいするbe confused, be stupefied
まようmayou · kun'yomi · on its own
- 迷うまようhesitate, be confused [v.i.]
- 迷わすまよわすput in doubt, perplex [v.t.]
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 迷子まいごlost child
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“This swooping radical is the winding road you walk upon! It curves under the rest of the kanji like a path being carved through a landscape.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 米 sound family doesn't share one reading.
Also read メイ
8 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mí
Same form: 迷 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 迷 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 迷 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin mí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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