宓

宓 U+5B93, 宓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B93
← 宒
[U+5B92] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 宔 →
[U+5B94]

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. quiet
  2. silent
  3. in good health

Derived characters

See also

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 宓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (必) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
泌 *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘 *mpriɡs
毖 *priɡs
閟 *priɡs
柲 *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍 *priɡs, *priɡ
邲 *priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕 *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇 *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾 *bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝 *bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶 *bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓 *mbliːɡ
鮅 *pliɡ, *bliɡ
必 *pliɡ
珌 *pliɡ
佖 *bliɡ, *briɡ
駜 *bliɡ, *briɡ
怭 *bliɡ
妼 *bliɡ
宓 *mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒 *mriɡ
密 *mriɡ
蔤 *mriɡ
滵 *mriɡ
蜜 *mliɡ
謐 *mliɡ
榓 *mliɡ
淧 *mliɡ
瑟 *smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱 *sriɡ
飋 *sriɡ
虙 *blɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

宓

  1. A surname​.

Compounds

  • 宓妃
  • 宓戲／宓戏
  • 洛浦宓妃

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 宓 – see 蜜 (“honey; the colour of honey; honey-coloured; etc.”).
(This character, 宓, 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

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References

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