You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 谧 Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1175, Entry 02 Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun) states: pronounced mi (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state: pronounced mi (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi states: to speak quietly. Another interpretation is: having no sound. Erya, Explanations of Ancient Words (Erya Shigu) states: quiet. Guangyun states: cautious, peaceful. Ban Gu, Inner Biography of Emperor Wu of Han (Han Wudi Neizhuan) states: inside and outside are quiet. Records of the Three Kingdoms, Accounts of the Eastern Barbarians (Weizhi Dongyizhuan) states: overseas is peaceful. Book of Song (Songshu), Treatise on Music (Yuezhi), Xie Zhuang, Song of the Bright Hall (Mingtang Ge) states: the great earth is peaceful, and the celestial axis revolves.