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U+5B93, 宓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B93

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 40, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹 (JPH), four-corner 30332, composition )

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ) : semantic (roof) + phonetic (OC *pliɡ) – hidden at home. Note that means “sure, certain”, hence connotations of “certainly at home, kept safe at home”.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
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Pronunciation


Note: mì - modern reading.

Definitions

  1. a surname
Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (48) (49)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjit mit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miɪt̚/ /mˠiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mit̚/ /mᵚit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjet̚/ /miet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mit̚/ /mjit̚/
Li
Rong
/miĕt̚/ /mjĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕt̚/ /mĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕt̚/ /mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mat6 mat6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 589 595
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mriɡ/ /*mliɡ/

Definitions

  1. silent; quiet; tranquil
  2. a surname
Compounds

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

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

Japanese

Kanji

(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)

Korean

Hanja

(bok) (hangeul , revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok)

  1. silent
  2. comfortable
  3. secret

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: mật

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References