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chóumì HSK7

dense

chóu dense

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé grain stalk

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drjuw	[d]riw	dense, thick
Zhengzhang		dɯw
Unicode	djhiou

說文解字

多也。从禾周聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

mì secret

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 宓 represents the sound.

Components

宓 Sound component

mì, fú quiet

山 Meaning component

shān mountain

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mit	mri[t]	dense

說文解字

《說文》：“密，山如堂者。从山，宓聲。”

Sources

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