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迷

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to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused

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HSK 3.0
Level 3
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
9
Radical
辵 +6
Structure
Lower-left enclosure 左下包
Traditional
迷
Common rank
#813
Unicode
U+8FF7

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Formation & memory

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How 迷 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 米 sound ( mǐ )

Components 辶 米

How to remember it

lost · Heisig RSH #780

米 rice + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 迷

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
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

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 米 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
米 sound part 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