Chinese Character Wiki
宓

mì

quiet

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

必 sound component

必  Sound component

bì

  

surely

Evolution

宓 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
宓 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
宓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
宓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宓  

mì

quiet, silent; in good health; still; silent

宓  

Mì

surname Mi

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

密 蜜

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4271st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5B93

Shuowen

“宓，安也。从宀，必聲。”


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