秘技 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

mìjì

cheat code

mì secret, mysterious

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound. Originally written as 祕. The 礻 component was later corrupted to 禾.

hé grain stalk

Corruption of the 礻 component in the original character 祕.

必 Sound component

bì surely

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	mpriɡs

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

支 Sound component

zhī support, hold up

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Baxter-Sagart	gjeX	[g]reʔ	skill

《說文》：“技，巧也。从手，支聲。”