糜 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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mí, méi

rice gruel

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 麻 represents the sound.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ

rice

麻 Sound component

má

hemp

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

糜

mí

rice gruel, congee; mashed; rice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)

糜

Mí

surname Mi

糜

méi

millet

Most common words with 糜

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	糜	rotten
	糜烂	dissipated
	肉糜	minced meat
	奢糜	extravagant
	糜费	to waste

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*C.m(r)aj	mje	mí	rice gruel; destroy, crush

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3713th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	17
Unicode	U+7CDC
Shuowen	“糜，糝也。从米，麻聲。”

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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