蔑
miè HSK7

disdain

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approved by Prismcool · Dec 4, 2023, 04:41 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 4, 2023, 04:41 PM

May also be form component

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Depicts a person with eyebrows (眉) being struck by a weapon (戍). 眉 also represents the sound.

Components

眉
眉 SoundIconic component

Depicts the person's eyebrows.

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

Depicts a person being struck by a weapon.


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)