Kanji Detail for 靡 - "sway, extravagant, fine, not, rub"

靡

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
靡 means "sway, extravagant, fine, not, rub."
1. Sway - To bend; to follow.
2. Extravagant - To be lavish; to indulge.
3. Fine - Small; minute.
4. Not - A negative; do not.
5. Rub - To grind; to scrape.
6. Scatter - To disperse; to spread.
7. Fester - To become inflamed.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

flutter; wave; bow to; obey; seduce

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

divide, disperse, scatter

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to waste (money)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to scatter, to disperse; to divide

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To fall flat. Following the direction of force and all falling over. As in 從風而靡 (fall with the wind). 風靡一時 (sweeping the time like wind). | Extravagant. As in 奢靡 (extravagant), 浮靡 (frivolous) and the like. | Without. The Book of Odes says: "Without home, without family." | 靡靡. Like 遲遲 (slowly). The Book of Odes says: "Walking slowly on the journey." Also, decadent customs. The Book of Documents says: "The Shang customs are decadent."
Onyomi

bi(び)

hi(ひ)

mi(み)
Kunyomi

na.i(ない)

nabiku
Strokes

19 strokes
Radical

非 (arazu・hi)
Related Keywords
sway bend follow extravagant lavish indulge fine small minute negative rub grind scrape scatter disperse