迷
to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #813 U+8FF7
How 迷 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 米 (phonetic, mǐ)
How to remember it
lost · Heisig RSH #780
米 rice + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 米
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 米 (mǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 米 sound component | mǐ | rice, millet, grain |
| 继 | jì | to continue, to carry on; to succeed, to inherit |
| 咪 | mī | a cat's meow; a meter |
| 眯 | mī | to squint, to narrow the eyes; blindness |
| 麋 | mí | elk; surname |
| 洣 | mǐ | a river in Hunan province |
| 敉 | mǐ | to pacify, to soothe; to stabilize |
| 脒 | mǐ | to open; to throw away |
Words containing 迷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒不醉人人自醉,色不迷人人自迷 | jiǔ bù zuì rén rén zì zuì , sè bù mí rén rén zì mí | wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: … |
| 迷走神经 | mí zǒu shén jīng | vagus nerve |
| 目迷五色 | mù mí wǔ sè | the eye is bewildered by five colors (idiom); a dazzling riot of colors |
| 迷人 | mí rén | fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting |
| 迷上 | mí shàng | to become fascinated with; to become obsessed with |
| 迷离马虎 | mí lí mǎ hu | muddle-headed |
| 当局者迷,旁观者清 | dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng | (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved |
| 足球迷 | zú qiú mí | football fan |
| 迷之 | mí zhī | variant of 謎之|谜之[mi2 zhi1] |
| 色迷 | sè mí | crazy about sex; lecherous; horny |
| 色色迷迷 | sè sè mí mí | crazy about sex; lecherous; horny |
| 迷路 | mí lù | to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) |
| 书迷 | shū mí | book lover; avid reader; (in context) fan of a particular book or author |
| 球迷 | qiú mí | fan (ball sports); CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 乐迷 | yuè mí | music fan |
| 迷信 | mí xìn | superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth) |
| 军迷 | jūn mí | military enthusiast |
| 入迷 | rù mí | to be fascinated; to be enchanted |
| 破除迷信 | pò chú mí xìn | to eliminate superstition (idiom) |
| 迷鸟 | mí niǎo | vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way); a vagrant |