宓

Information about character(s)

Radical: 宀
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: mì, fú
Cantonese: fuk6 mat6
JapaneseKun: YASURAKA
JapaneseOn: BITSU MICHI HUKU BUKU HITSU
Korean: POK

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: quiet, silent; in good health

CE-Dict: still/silent

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.quiet; silent; still
2.a Chinese family name

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《宀部》宓安也。从宀必聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【宀字部】宓
【唐韻】美畢切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】覓畢切，𠀤音蜜。【說文】安也。【玉篇】止也，靜也，默也。【埤蒼】祕宓也。【顏師古曰】宓汨，去疾也。　又人名。【三國志】秦宓。　又房六切。【孟康漢書古文註】宓，今伏字。皇甫謐云：伏羲或謂之宓羲。考諸經史緯侯無宓羲之號，必後世傳寫誤以虙爲宓。孔子弟子虙不齊，後人云濟南伏生，卽子賤之後，是知虙與伏古字通用，後誤以爲宓也。　又【集韻】宓或作密𧶡。

Han-De-Dict: still (u.E.)