宓

See also: 密, 蜜, and 𫲽
宓 U+5B93, 宓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B93
← 宒
[U+5B92]
CJK Unified Ideographs 宔 →
[U+5B94]

Translingual

Han character

宓 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹 (JPH), four-corner 30332, composition ⿱宀必)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 283, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7098
  • Dae Jaweon: page 556, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 923, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5B93

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ) – hidden at home. Note that 必 means “sure, certain”, hence connotations of “certainly at home, kept safe at home”.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
宓

Pronunciation


Note: mì - modern reading.

Definitions

宓

  1. a surname
Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
宓

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 宓 宓
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 質 (48) 質 (49)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 彌畢切 美畢切
Baxter mjit mit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miɪt̚/ /mˠiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mit̚/ /mᵚit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjet̚/ /miet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mit̚/ /mjit̚/
Li
Rong
/miĕt̚/ /mjĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕt̚/ /mĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕt̚/ /mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mì mì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mat6 mat6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 宓 宓
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 589 595
Phonetic
component
必 必
Rime
group
質 質
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
密 蜜
Old
Chinese
/*mriɡ/ /*mliɡ/

Definitions

宓

  1. † silent; quiet; tranquil
  2. a surname
Compounds
  • 宓穆

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 宓 – see 密 (“dense; thick; close; tight; intimate; close; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 密).
Notes:

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 宓 – see 蜜 (“honey; the colour of honey; honey-coloured; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 蜜).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

宓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. quiet
  2. silent
  3. in good health

Readings

Korean

Hanja

宓 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok)

  1. silent
  2. comfortable
  3. secret

Vietnamese

Han character

宓: Hán Nôm readings: mật

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References

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