謐
mì

calm

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

必
必 Sound component
bì surely
皿
皿 Unknown component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjitmi[t]gentle, mild
Zhengzhangmliɡ

說文解字

靜語也。从言𥁑聲。一曰無聲也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

谧 mì calm Simplified

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

必
必 Sound component
bì surely
皿
皿 Unknown component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode