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芈

mǐ

Character Traditional 羋

What 芈 means

1. to bleat (of a sheep)

Other readings

芈 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Mǐsurname Mi

Characters built on 艹

These share the phonetic component 艹 (cǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蒂dìstem (of fruit)
• 茨cíCaltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 莉lìused in 茉莉; used in the transliteration of female names
• 芝zhīZoysia pungens
• 蔽bìto cover; to shield; to screen
• 莅lìto attend (an official function); to be present; to administer
• 荔lìlitchi
• 蓖bìthe castor-oil plant

Sounds the same

Read mǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 米uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
• 靡extravagant; go with fashion; not
• 弭to stop; repress
• 敉peaceful
• 濔many; numerous
• 洣Mi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang 湘江
• 灖(used to describe flowing water)
• 脒amidine (chemistry)
• 銤formerly used for the chemical elements americium 镅