宓
mìfú

quiet

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
必
必 Sound component
bì surely

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

密蜜

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmriɡ
mliɡ
Unicodemyit

說文解字

《說文》：“宓，安也。从宀，必聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)