迷茫
mí​máng

perplexed

迷 mí get lost, go astray

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 米 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

米
米 Sound component
mǐ rice

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

谜醚瞇謎

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmejmˤij go astray

說文解字

或也。从辵米聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

茫 máng, māng vast

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

汒
汒 Sound component
máng, mǎng

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːŋ
Unicodemɑng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang