冖
mì

cover

← Back to history
approved by inralback19 · Feb 16, 2026, 03:16 PM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 16, 2026, 03:16 PM

Rollback prX4tFiQyrJXdoDFB

Changed fields: hint, customSources

Pictograph of a piece of cloth covering something.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmeːɡ

說文解字

《說文》：“冖，覆也。从一下垂也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.612
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)