Chinese Character Wiki
冖

mì

cover

Pictograph of a piece of cloth covering something.

Evolution

冖 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
冖 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
冖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

冖  

mì

cover; KangXi radical 14; "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 军, 写, 冠 etc; see also 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tū​bǎo​gài]; see also 平寶蓋|平宝盖[píng​bǎo​gài]

Component uses

Meaning component in 21 characters (1 verified)

写 牵 牽 莹 瑩 寝 寢 冢 莺 鶯 螢 冗 赍 冪 幂 塋 茔 鎣 蓥 甍 冣

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

冪 幂

Unknown component in 12 characters (0 verified)

浸 舜 萤 萦 荥 滎 鲎 觳 薨 唚 荦 锓

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+5196

Shuowen

“冖，覆也。从一下垂也。”


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