Unicode: U+5F2D

Pinyin: mǐ

Definition

* 平息,停止,消除。 ~除。~谤(止息诽谤)。~患。~兵(平息战争)。 * 安抚,安定。 内~父兄,外抚诸侯。 * 顺服。 ~从。 * 弓末的弯曲处。 * 姓

stop, desist, end, quell

Structure

弭 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
33_F5F833_F5F533_F5F633_F5F733_F5F4
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_5F2D27_EAA3
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
94_E11594_E11694_E117
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
85_E075

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC