蔑
miè HSK7

disdain

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approved by inralback19 · Dec 19, 2025, 05:02 PM

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Original meaning: Depicts a person with eyebrows (𦰋) being struck by a weapon (戈).

Depicts a person with eyebrows (𦰋) being struck by a weapon (戈).

Components

𦰋
𦰋 SoundIconic component

Depicts a person with eyebrows (𦰋) being struck by a weapon (戈).

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𦰋 than it was in ancient scripts.
戍
戍 Iconic component

Depicts a person with eyebrows (𦰋) being struck by a weapon (戈).


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmetmˤet destroy; not have

說文解字

《說文》：“蔑，勞，目無精也。从，人勞則蔑然，从戍。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.297-298
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)