咪

mī
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sound for calling a cat

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

咪 has 口 mouth as meaning part and 米 mǐ as sound part. It first meant an animal's cry. That grew into the word for a cat's meow.

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Homophones

HSK 6
眯mī
to narrow one's eyes, (Dialect) to nap

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