覕

覕 U+8995, 覕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8995 ← 覔 [U+8994] CJK Unified Ideographs 視 → [U+8996]

Translingual

Han character

覕 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心竹月山山 (PHBUU), four-corner 3601₀, composition ⿰必見)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1134, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34828
• Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3667, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8995

Chinese

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 / 形声, OC *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ) : phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ) + semantic 見 (“to see”).

Etymology 1

trad.		覕
simp.		𰴕
alternative forms		匿 Min Nan 宓 Min Nan 覓／觅 Min Nan 躲 Min Nan 沕 Teochew

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miè (mie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bih

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhih⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miè
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴
    • Yale: myè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mieh
    • Palladius: ме (me)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bit¹
    • Yale: bīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bih
    • Tâi-lô: bih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhih⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /biʔ²/

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• Middle Chinese: pjinH, met

Rime
Character	覕	覕
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	必刃切	莫結切
Baxter	pjinH	met
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪnH/	/met̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pinH/	/met̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pjenH/	/mɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pinH/	/mɛt̚/
Li Rong	/piĕnH/	/met̚/
Wang Li	/pĭĕnH/	/miet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕnH/	/miet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bìn	miè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ban3	mit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pliŋs/, /*mbliːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覕	覕
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	559	565
Phonetic component	必	必
Rime group	眞	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	儐	蔑
Old Chinese	/*pliŋs/	/*mbliːɡ/

Definitions

覕

1. (literary or Southern Min) to hide away
2. ^† to seek; to look for

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 躲 (“to hide”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		躲藏, 藏躲, 躲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	藏, 貓
	Taiwan	躲, 藏
	Singapore	躲
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	藏
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	藏, 卻
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	藏, 躲
	Wuhan	躲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	躲
	Hefei	藏
Cantonese	Guangzhou	匿, 匿埋
	Hong Kong	匿, 匿埋
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	摒
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	摒埋
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	摒
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	摒
	Macau	匿埋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	匿埋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	摒埋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	匿埋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	揞埋
	Foshan	匿埋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	匿埋
	Foshan (Shunde)	匿埋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	匿埋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	匿埋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	匿埋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	揞埋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	匿埋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	匿埋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	摒埋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	匿埋, 摒埋
	Taishan	匿
	Kaiping (Chikan)	匿
	Enping (Niujiang)	匿
	Heshan (Yayao)	匿埋
	Dongguan	求埋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	匿埋
	Yangjiang	餌, 伏
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	匿埋
Gan	Nanchang	躲
Hakka	Meixian	摒
	Hong Kong	摒
	Senai (Huiyang)	摒
Jin	Taiyuan	躲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	儲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	屈, 覭
Southern Min	Xiamen	覕, 囥
	Quanzhou	覕, 囥
	Zhangzhou	覕, 踮
	Taipei	覕
	Kaohsiung	覕
	Yilan	覕
	Changhua (Lukang)	覕
	Taichung	覕
	Tainan	覕
	Kinmen	覕
	Penghu (Magong)	覕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	覕
	Manila (Hokkien)	覕
	Datian	逃
	Chaozhou	踮, 覕
	Shantou	踮, 覕
	Jieyang	踮, 覕
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	踮
	Wenchang	逃
	Haikou	逃
Wu	Shanghai	囥, 𨒃, 迓
	Suzhou	𨒃, 匽, 迓
	Wuxi	迓
	Ningbo	幽
	Wenzhou	埋, 縮, 躲
	Jinhua	幽
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	幽
Xiang	Changsha	躲
	Shuangfeng	躲

Compounds

• 覕咯雞 / 𰴕咯鸡
• 覕喙 / 𰴕喙
• 覕囥 / 𰴕囥
• 覕岫 / 𰴕岫
• 覕揣 / 𰴕揣
• 覕相揣 / 𰴕相揣
• 覕䟙 / 𰴕䟙
• 覕踮揣 / 𰴕踮揣
• 覕雄 / 𰴕雄
• 覕雨 / 𰴕雨
• 覕頷喓 / 𰴕颔喓
• 覕鬚 / 𰴕须

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 覕 – see 瞥 (“to shoot a glance at”). (This character is a variant form of 瞥).

References

• “Entry #9014”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

覕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べつ (betsu)、めち (mechi)、ひん (hin)、へつ (hetsu)