Memory phrase for the character: 咪

咪

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Meaning

sound to call cat

Pronunciation

mī

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: rice 米

Mnemonic
 
(The cats hunt in the rice because there are the mice:) The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of the rice (= the barn) is a: miaow!

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
米 riceThis radical 米 means the rice grain. The rice plant has this radical: 禾




 Vocabulary

猫咪 māo mī  kitty
妈咪 mā mi  mommy (loanword)
唵嘛咪叭呢哞 ǎn ma mī ba ní mōu  Om Mani Padma Hum (sanskrit), or Om mani padme hum (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra
唵嘛咪叭呢哞 ǎn ma mī ba ní mōu  

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