眯
mīmí

be blinded

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 米 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瞇.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
米
米 Sound component
mǐ rice

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmiːʔ

說文解字

艸入目中也。从目米聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)