み


み U+307F, み
HIRAGANA LETTER MI
← ま
[U+307E] 		Hiragana む →
[U+3080]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲi]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 美 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

み (romaji mi)

  1. The hiragana syllable み (mi). Its equivalent in katakana is ミ (mi). It is the thirty-second syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行い段 (ma-gyō i-dan, “row ma, section i”).
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

  1. 三: three
  2. 実: fruit, nut
  3. 身: body, oneself
  4. 水: water
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