靡

靡 (Kangxi radical 175, 非+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈金中一卜 (ICLMY) or 戈木中一卜 (IDLMY), four-corner 0021₁, composition ⿸麻非)

• 孊 㠧 戂 攠 灖 䃺 䊳 釄 䭩 劘 㸏 爢 蘼

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1383, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42612
• Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4088, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9761

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mralʔ) : phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 非 - to scatter.

靡

1. (literary) to fall down; to collapse; to be swept away

   • 吾視其轍亂，望其旗靡，故逐之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾视其辙乱，望其旗靡，故逐之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wú shì qí zhé luàn, wàng qí qí mǐ, gù zhú zhī. [Pinyin]

     But when I examined the enemy's wheel-tracks and found them cries-crossing and looked afar and saw his banners drooping, I advised pursuit.

2. (literary) extravagant; beautiful; splendid
3. (literary) delicate; minute
4. (literary) no; not

   • 侯服於周、天命靡常。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     侯服于周、天命靡常。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hóu fú yú Zhōu, tiānmìng mǐ cháng. [Pinyin]

     They became subject to Zhou; the appointment of Heaven is not constant.

5. (literary) to not have; to be without

靡

1. extravagant; wasteful
2. to waste; to squander
3. ^† to extinguish; to eliminate
4. ^† to rotten; to damage
5. ^† to exhaust; to use up
6. ^† to divide; to disperse; to scatter
7. ^† to share

• “靡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to wave; to stream; to flutter
2. extravagant; wasteful; to waste
3. to exhaust
4. to spread

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: み (mi)^{←み (mi, historical)}
• Kan-on: び (bi)^{←び (bi, historical)}
• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: なびく (nabiku, 靡く); なびかす (nabikasu, 靡かす); ない (nai, 靡い); なし (nashi, 靡し)

• 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “靡”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

靡 (eum 미 (mi))

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靡: Hán Nôm readings: mị

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