咪
Tap the pinyin to hear it
sound for calling a cat
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 咪
- Common rank
- #3,281
- Unicode
- U+54AA
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 咪
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咪嘴 | to lip-sync | |
| 欧咪呀给 | (Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, … | |
| 猫咪 | kitty (affectionate term for a cat) | |
| 妈咪 | mommy (loanword) | |
| 咪唑 | imidazole (chemistry) (loanword) | |
| 悄悄咪咪 | (dialect) quietly; stealthily | |
| 悄咪咪 | see 悄悄咪咪[qiao1 qiao1 mi1 mi1] | |
| 咪咪 | oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc; (onom.) meow; kitty… | |
| 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 | om mani padme hum (Buddhist mantra) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 米 — compare how they read.