懂中文 Dong Chinese

黴

méi

mold

A small 微 black 黑 growth; 微 also provides the pronunciation

Components
微 sound,meaning component

微  Sound Meaning component

wēi

  

small

黑 meaning component

黑  Meaning component

hēi

  

black

Evolution

黴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
黴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

黴  

méi

mold, mildew; bacteria, fungi

霉 (黴) 

méi

variant of 霉[méi]

Most common words with 黴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

倒霉

to have bad luck

霉

fungi

青霉素

penicillin

霉菌

mold

发霉

to become moldy