宓

See also: 密 and 蜜

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

• 淧, 𪂁, 𡨑, 密, 𡩎, 𫳡, 䀄, 䁇, 寗, 蜜, 𡪖, 𫳬

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

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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

  (Pinyin): fú, mì (fu², mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ, ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ / mat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t / ho̍k

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• 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/

Note: mì - modern reading.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fuk⁶ / mat⁶
    • Yale: fuhk / maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ / mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ / med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚²/, /mɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t / ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍t / ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bit, hok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bit̚⁴/, /hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴/, /hɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹/, /hɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bit̚⁴/, /hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴/, /hɔk̚⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 宓

1. a surname

Etymology 2

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).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 宓 – see 蜜 (“honey; resembling honey; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蜜).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

宓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. quiet
2. silent
3. in good health

Readings

• On (unclassified): 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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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 宓 (mật)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation