宓
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Translingual
Han character
宓 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹 (JPH), four-corner 30332, composition ⿱宀必)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 283, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7098
- Dae Jaweon: page 556, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 923, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5B93
Chinese
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 / 形声, 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
| simp. and trad. |
宓 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fú
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fú
- Wade–Giles: fu2
- Yale: fú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
- Palladius: фу (fu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mì
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mì
- Wade–Giles: mi4
- Yale: mì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
- Palladius: ми (mi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: mì - modern reading.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: fuk6
- Yale: fuhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: fuk9
- Guangdong Romanization: fug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /fʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k
- Tâi-lô: ho̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: hok
- IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Definitions
宓
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. |
宓 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mì
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mì
- Wade–Giles: mi4
- Yale: mì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
- Palladius: ми (mi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mat6
- Yale: maht
- Cantonese Pinyin: mat9
- Guangdong Romanization: med6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t
- Tâi-lô: bi̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: bit
- IPA (Xiamen): /bit̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /bit̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: mjit, mit
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*mriɡ/, /*mliɡ/
Definitions
宓
Compounds
- 宓穆
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 宓 – see 密 (“dense; thick; close; tight; intimate; close; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 密). |
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Etymology 4
| For pronunciation and definitions of 宓 – see 蜜 (“honey; resembling honey; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蜜). |
Notes:
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Japanese
Kanji
宓
Readings
Korean
Hanja
宓 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok)
Vietnamese
Han character
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