calm

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

必 sound component

  Sound component

  

surely

皿 unknown component

  Unknown component

mǐn

  

dish

Evolution

謐 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
謐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
謐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

calm, quiet, still; cautious; quiet

Most common words with 謐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

静谧

quiet

quiet

安谧

tranquil

恬谧

quiet

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mi[t]

mjit

gentle, mild


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4058th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

Unicode

U+8B10

Shuowen

“謐,靜語也。从言,聲。一曰無聲也。”


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