měi
to request
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*mˤ[u]rʔ | mwojX | měi | defile (v.) |
*mˤərʔ | mwojX | měi | smoothly flowing water |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5934th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+6D7C |
Shuowen | “浼,汙也。从水,免聲。《詩》曰:‘河水浼浼。’《孟子》曰:‘汝安能浼我?’” |
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