calm

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
surely
Unknown component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

calm Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
surely
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