蜜
HSK 7freq #4961
Meanings
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- 1.honey
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Wiktionary
- 1.honey
- 2.resembling honey
- 3.beeswax
- 4.bee; honeybee
- 5.sweet; honeyed
- 6.mistress; young girl
- 7.to marinate in honey or sugar
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mliɡ): phonetic 宓 (OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ) + semantic 虫 (“insect”). The original form is 𧖅. Possibly from Tocharian B mit, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey”). Cognate with English mead, Dutch mede (“mead”) German Met (“mead”), Swedish mjöd (“mead”), Sanskrit मधु (madhu, “honey”), Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”), Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Russian мёд (mjod, “honey”), Polish miód (“honey”). Sense “mistress, young girl” is additionally a phono-semantic matching of English miss.
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