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麋

mí

Character

What 麋 means

1. moose
2. river bank

Other readings

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

• Mísurname Mi

Words starting with 麋

• 麋鹿mí lùPère David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is…

Characters built on 米

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

• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 粒lìgrain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects…
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 咪mīsound for calling a cat
• 眯míto blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. mǐ
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 糜mírice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)

Characters that look like 麋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 覆fùto cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 霍huò(literary) suddenly
• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 瞿qústartled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 襄xiāng(literary) to assist
• 糜mírice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)

Sounds the same

Read mí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 迷to bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 弥full; to fill; completely
• 眯to blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. mǐ
• 谜riddle
• 靡to waste (money)
• 糜rice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)
• 醚ether
• 猕used in 猕猴
• 冞deep
• 蘼millet
• 縻to tie up
• 醾unfiltered wine; wine brewed twice