靡 mí — waste, none · English

靡

mí

waste, none

At a glance · 靡

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Evolution of the glyph

Five stages, from a sketch of the real object to regular script — tap a stage, drag the timeline, or play the animation.

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seen
Oracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCE
Seal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCE
Clerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CE
Regular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seenOracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCESeal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCEClerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CERegular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

⚠ Some ancient forms are not attested：oracle bone form。No excavated oracle bone / seal artifact is attested for this character yet; we leave it blank rather than fabricate.

靡字小篆从非麻声，为形声字；本义为分散、倒下，引申为无、奢华。甲骨文未见。

What the sketch shows

Origins & notes

靡本义为分散、披靡，引申为靡费、无。

Structure

形声字，上部『非』为意符表分背，下部『麻』为声符。

At a glance

Pinyinmí

Radical非

Strokes19

UnicodeU+9761

Character type形声

Theme状态

Six languages, one character

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English waste, none Mi is a phonetic-semantic character meaning to waste and, by extension, none.

Français gaspiller, aucun Mi est un caractère phonético-sémantique signifiant gaspiller et, par extension, aucun.

Español malgastar, ninguno Mi es un carácter fonosemántico que significa malgastar y, por extensión, ninguno.

العربية يهدر، لا مي حرف صوتي دلالي يعني التبذير، ومنه لا.

Русский расточать, ни Ми — фоносемантический знак, означающий расточать и, далее, ни.

Common words

靡míno/not
靡费mí fèiwaste

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