mì
to seep out
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 泌
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to secrete | ||
endocrine (internal secretion, e.g. hormone) | ||
secretion | ||
to secrete | ||
to urinate |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.2585% of movies
2961st most common character in movies
2609th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+6CCC |
Shuowen | “泌，俠流也。从水，必聲。” |
Sources
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