宓

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 必 – hidden at home. Note that 必 means “sure, certain”, hence connotations of “certainly at home, kept safe at home”.

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

• 密 蜜

See also

• 窓

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

宓 (Jyutping fuk6, mat6, Yale fuk6, mat6)

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Japanese

Kanji

宓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: びつ (bitsu), みち (michi), ふく (fuku), ぶく (buku), ひつ (hitsu)
• Kun: やすらか (yasuraka)

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Korean

Hanja

宓 (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune-Reischauer pok)

1. silent
2. comfortable
3. secret

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Mandarin

Hanzi

宓 (Pinyin mì (mi4), Wade-Giles mi⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: mật

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References

• Nom Foundation