みみ

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See also:
みみ U+8033, 耳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8033

[U+8032]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8034]
⽿ U+2F7F, ⽿
KANGXI RADICAL EAR

[U+2F7E]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F80]

Translingual

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Stroke order
6 strokes
Stroke order (Japan)
6 strokes
Stroke order
(Chinese)
Stroke order
(Japan)

Alternative forms

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When part of a compound character, particularly as the left radical, the bottom horizontal stroke may not cross at bottom right. This is a script variant, found for example in Japanese .

Han character

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みみ (Kangxi radical 128, みみ+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input しかばねじゅう (SJ), four-corner 10400)

  1. Kangxi radical #128, ⽿.

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 965, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28999
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2783, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8033


Chinese

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trad. みみ
simp. # みみ
2nd round simp. ⿰丨丨

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character みみ
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形しょうけい) – an ear.

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g-na (ear).

Pronunciation

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Note: ngi2 - variant pronunciation.
Note:
  • ngê - vernacular;
  • ngī - literary.
Note:
  • hī/hǐ/hīⁿ/nǐ - vernacular;
  • ní/jí/jíⁿ - literary.
Note:
  • hin6 - vernacular;
  • re2 - literary.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: hi6 / lu5
      • Sinological IPA: /hi³³/, /lu²²/
Note:
  • hi6 - vernacular;
  • lu5 - literary.
Note:
  • 3nyi - vernacular;
  • 3hher - literary.

Rime
Character みみ
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) (38)
Final (いん) これ (19)
Tone (調しらべ) Rising (X)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) III
Fanqie とめきり
Baxter nyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵɨX/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character みみ
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ěr
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.nəʔ/
English ear

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character みみ
Reading # 1/1
No. 2783
Phonetic
component
みみ
Rime
group
これ
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
みみ
Old
Chinese
/*njɯʔ/

Definitions

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みみ

  1. ear
    みみろうみみ  ―  ěrlóng  ―  deaf
  2. ear-like object
    みみ  ―  mù'ěr  ―  wood ear; black fungus
  3. something on both sides
    みみぼう  ―  ěrfáng  ―  penthouse
    みみもんみみ  ―  ěrmén  ―  side door
  4. handle on both sides of an object
  5. (obsolete) to hear; to hear of
  6. a surname
  7. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, figurative) something that can be used to coerce or threaten someone
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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According to Pulleyblank (1995), a contraction of 而已 (OC *njɯ lɯʔ).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character みみ
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) (38)
Final (いん) これ (19)
Tone (調しらべ) Rising (X)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) III
Fanqie とめきり
Baxter nyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵɨX/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character みみ
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ěr
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*nəʔ/
English =⽽而やめ “that’s all”

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character みみ
Reading # 1/1
No. 2783
Phonetic
component
みみ
Rime
group
これ
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
みみ
Old
Chinese
/*njɯʔ/

Definitions

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みみ

  1. (literary) Phrase-final particle: merely; only; that's all
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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みみ

  1. Only used in みみまごみみ (réngsūn).

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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みみ

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
みみ
みみ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
  • ⟨mi1mi1 → */mimi//mimi/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *memi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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みみ(みみ) (mimi

  1. ear; ears
    みみ(みみ)かゆ(かゆ)いのです。
    Mimi ga kayui no desu.
    My ear is itchy.
  2. crust (of bread)
  3. selvedge (woven edge of a bolt of fabric)

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
みみ
のみ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of みみ – see the following entry.
のみ
[particle] only, limited to
[adverb] alone
[adverb] merely
Alternative spellings
而已, やめ
(This term, みみ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ みみ”, in 日本にっぽん国語こくごだい辞典じてん [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese みみ (MC nyiX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅀᅵᆼ〯 (Yale: )
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3] 귀〮 (Yale: kwúy) ᅀᅵ〯 (Yale: )

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [i(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

みみ (eumhun (gwi i))

  1. hanja form? of (ear) [affix]

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際こくさい退すさけい學會がっかい 大邱たいきゅうけいきた支部しぶ) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子でんし字典じてん. [4]

Okinawan

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Kanji

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みみ

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ryukyuan *mimi, from Proto-Japonic *mimi. Cognate with mainland Japanese みみ (mimi).

Noun

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みみ(みん) (min

  1. ear

Vietnamese

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Han character

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みみ: Hán Nôm readings: nhĩ, nhải, nhãi

  1. chữ Hán form of nhĩ (ear).

Compounds

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