You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 17 Kangxi strokes Page 1175, Entry 16 Pronounced mi. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to quiet speech. Another definition is without sound. According to the Approaching Elegance (Erya), specifically the section on interpreting glosses, it means quiet. According to the Extended Rhymes (Guangyun), it means cautious or peaceful. In the Biography of Emperor Wu of Han (Hanwudi Neizhuan) by Ban Gu, it is written: inside and out were silent and quiet. In the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Weizhi), specifically the Account of the Eastern Barbarians, it is written: beyond the seas, there was peace and quiet. In the Book of Song (Songshu), specifically the Treatise on Music, the Mingtang Song by Xie Zhuang says: the tether of the earth is quiet, the pivot of heaven turns.