懂中文 Dong Chinese

靡

mí, mǐ

divide

Phonosemantic compound. 非 represents the meaning and 麻 represents the sound.

Components
非 meaning component

非  Meaning component

fēi

  

not

麻 sound component

麻  Sound component

má

  

hemp

Evolution

靡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
靡 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
靡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

靡  

mí

divide, disperse, scatter; to waste (money)

靡  

mǐ

extravagant; go with fashion; not

Most common words with 靡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

风靡

fashionable

所向披靡

to sweep everything before one

靡

not

萎靡

dispirited

萎靡不振

dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

蘼