Chinese surname · rank 440
宓
宓 is read as fú.
fú
Simplified and traditional 宓
quiet, silent; in good health
Earth
Time: Fuxi / Mixi mytho-historical tradition before 2070 BCE; received surname-book layer recorded later
Place: Fuxi / Mixi legendary ancient ancestor tradition; later Taiyuan and Pingchang commandery notes in surname references.
Origin note
Mi/宓 should not be explained from the ordinary character alone. The checked sources give an ancient Fuxi/Mixi layer: Fu and Mi were historically interchangeable in this surname tradition, so descendants of Fuxi may appear under Fu or Mi. The page keeps this as a legendary ancient surname layer and separates it from modern pronunciation variation between fú and mì.
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