# 宓

| 宓 | U+5B93, &#23443; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B93 |
| ← 宒 [U+5B92] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 宔 → [U+5B94] |

## Translingual
### Han character

宓 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹 (JPH), four-corner 3033$_2$, composition ⿱宀必)

#### Derived characters

* 淧, 𭷩, 𪂁, 𭶋, 𡨑, 密, 𢛬, 𡩎, 𫳡, 𪧟, 䀄, 䁇, 𪧠, 寗, 蜜, 𡪖, 𧶡, 𡪆, 𫝱, 𩈰, 𧓫, 𫾌

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 283, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7098
* Dae Jaweon: page 556, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 923, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5B93

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 泌 | *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 秘 | *mpriɡs |
| 毖 | *priɡs |
| 閟 | *priɡs |
| 柲 | *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鉍 | *priɡs, *priɡ |
| 邲 | *priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 覕 | *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ |
| 咇 | *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 苾 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 馝 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 飶 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鴓 | *mbliːɡ |
| 鮅 | *pliɡ, *bliɡ |
| 必 | *pliɡ |
| 珌 | *pliɡ |
| 佖 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 駜 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 怭 | *bliɡ |
| 妼 | *bliɡ |
| 宓 | *mriɡ, *mliɡ |
| 樒 | *mriɡ |
| 密 | *mriɡ |
| 蔤 | *mriɡ |
| 滵 | *mriɡ |
| 蜜 | *mliɡ |
| 謐 | *mliɡ |
| 榓 | *mliɡ |
| 淧 | *mliɡ |
| 瑟 | *smriɡ, *smriɡ |
| 璱 | *sriɡ |
| 飋 | *sriɡ |
| 虙 | *blɯɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ): semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ) – hidden at home. Note that 必 means “sure, certain”, hence connotations of “certainly at home, kept safe at home”.

### Etymology 1

* 宓姓

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fú, mì (fu$^2$, mi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ, ㄇㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ho̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fú
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fú
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fuk$^6$
*** Yale: fuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /fʊk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho̍k
*** Tâi-lô: ho̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚⁴/

#### Definitions

宓
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 宓妃
* 宓戲 / 宓戏 (Fúxì)
* 宓羲 (Fúxī)
* 洛浦宓妃

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mì (mi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mat$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mat$^6$
*** Yale: maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t
*** Tâi-lô: bi̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bit
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: mjit, mit
Rime :
| Character | 宓 | 宓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) | 質 (49) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 彌畢切 | 美畢切 |
| Baxter | mjit | mit |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miɪt̚/ | /mˠiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mit̚/ | /mᵚit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjet̚/ | /miet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mit̚/ | /mjit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /miĕt̚/ | /mjĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭĕt̚/ | /mĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ĕt̚/ | /mi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mì | mì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mat$^6$ | mat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mriɡ/, /*mliɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 宓 | 宓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 589 | 595 |
| Phonetic component | 必 | 必 |
| Rime group | 質 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 密 | 蜜 |
| Old Chinese | /*mriɡ/ | /*mliɡ/ |

#### Definitions

宓
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) silent; quiet; tranquil
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 宓穆

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 宓 – see 密 (“dense; thick; close; tight; intimate; close; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 密).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 宓 – see 蜜 (“honey; resembling honey; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 蜜).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* quiet
* silent
* in good health

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): びつ (bitsu)、みち (michi)、ふく (fuku)、ぶく (buku)、ひつ (hitsu)
* Kun: やすらか (yasuraka)

## Korean
### Hanja

宓 • (bok) (hangeul 복, revised bok, McCune–Reischauer pok)
* silent
* comfortable
* secret

## Vietnamese
### Han character

宓: Hán Nôm readings: mật
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#### References

* Nom Foundation