咩

miē
#4,730 most
frequent character
the bleating of sheep

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

咩 joins 口 mouth and 羊 sheep, so it first meant an animal's cry, then narrowed to a sheep's bleat. In Cantonese the character was borrowed for its sound as a short form of 乜嘢.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

咩miē
old variant of 咩[mie1]

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