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蜜
蜜
Translingual
Han character
蜜 (radical 142 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹戈 (JPHI), four-corner 30136, composition ⿱宓虫)
References
- KangXi: page 1085, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33143
- Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2866, character 7
- Unihan data for U+871C
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
蜜 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (必) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| 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, OC *mliɡ) : phonetic 宓 (OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ) + semantic 虫 (“small insect”).
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”). Compare Tocharian B mit (“honey”).
Sense “mistress, young girl” is additionally a phono-semantic matching of English miss.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mat6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): me̍t
- Min Dong (BUC): mĭk
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): miq (T5)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: mih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
- IPA (key): /mi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mat6
- Yale: maht
- Cantonese Pinyin: mat9
- IPA (key): /mɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: med
- Hagfa Pinyim: med6
- IPA: /met̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mĭk
- IPA (key): /miʔ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (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/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhig8 / mig8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bi̍k / mi̍k
- IPA (key): /bik̚⁴/, /mik̚⁴/
- Note: bhig8 - vernacular; mig8 - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: miq (T5)
- IPA (key): /mi̯ɪʔ¹²/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蜜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 彌畢切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/miɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/mjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/mit̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/miĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/mĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蜜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
mì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mjit › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mit/ |
| English | honey |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蜜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 594 |
| Phonetic component |
必 |
| Rime group |
質 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
蜜 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mliɡ/ |
Definitions
蜜
- honey
- the colour of honey; honey-coloured
- 蜜色 ― mìsè ― colour of honey
- beeswax
- 蜜燭 / 蜜烛 ― mìzhú ― candle
- sweet
- mistress, young girl
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蜜
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蜜 |
|
みつ Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 蜜 (*mjit), from Late Old Chinese *mjit ~ *mit, from Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə). Compare Tocharian B mit (“honey”)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”).
Pronunciation
Noun
蜜 (hiragana みつ, romaji mitsu)
Derived terms
Derived terms
|
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蜜 |
|
みち Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
Alternate reading of mitsu above.
Pronunciation
Noun
蜜 (hiragana みち, romaji michi)
Usage notes
Only used on its own. Not used in compounds.
References
Vietnamese
Han character
蜜 (mật)
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