In Modern Chinese, also used for “fan” (as in sports/celebrity fan).
Borrowed in modern usage as a phonetic loan for mini.

Phono-semantic compound:
辵 (쉬엄쉬엄갈 착, “to walk, to move”) — semantic, indicating movement, travel, or a path.
米 (쌀 미, “rice”) — phonetic, providing the sound.
The compound suggests “moving without a clear path” → to lose one’s way or to be bewildered.

迷惑 (미혹) — to confuse, to puzzle
迷路 (미로) — to lose one’s way; maze
迷信 (미신) — superstition
迷戀 (미련) — to be infatuated with

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Vocabulary

wheel, circular object, rotation, cycle, round

to turn, to roll, to shift

farming, agriculture

to go around, to detour, distant, indirect, circuitous

to meet, to welcome, to receive (a person, guest, etc.)

to be near, close, nearby

to return, to give back, to come back

to state, to narrate, to describe, to follow, to pursue, to extend, to carry out

to be lost, to go astray, to be confused

trace, mark, footprint, vestige, remains

to pursue, to chase, to seek

to send, to deliver, to dispatch

to penetrate, to pierce, to pass through

road, path, way

to pass through, to communicate, to be well connected, to match in mind or intention

fast, quick, rapid, to hasten, to speed up

to create, to make

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迷

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