See also: 祕

Translingual [ edit ]

Han character [ edit ]

秘 (radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木心竹 (HDPH), four-corner 2390 0 , composition ⿰禾必)

References [ edit ]



KangXi: page 851, character 12

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24977

Dae Jaweon: page 1275, character 12

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2601, character 7

Unihan data for U+79D8

Chinese [ edit ]

Glyph origin [ edit ]

In current form: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mpriɡs): semantic 禾 + phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ).

Variant (俗字) of 祕 via 示 → 禾.

Etymology [ edit ]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “←→密?”)

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Definitions [ edit ]

秘

mysterious; abstruse; secret rare; scarce to keep as a secret to block Short for 秘書 秘书 mìshū , “secretary”). Short for 秘魯 秘鲁 Bìlǔ , “Peru”). surname ​.

Compounds [ edit ]

便秘 biànmì )

) 傳神秘要 传神秘要

汪秘 Wāngmì )

) 秘不發喪 秘不发丧 mìbùfāsāng )

) 秘事

秘史 mìshǐ )

) 秘密 mìmì ) 秘寶 秘宝

秘方 mìfāng )

) 秘書 秘书 mìshū )

) 秘本 mìběn )

) 秘籍 mìjí )

) 秘而不宣

秘聞 秘闻 mìwén ) 秘色 mìsè )

) 秘色瓷

秘藏

秘計 秘计

秘訣 秘诀 mìjué )

) 秘話 秘话

秘魯 秘鲁 Bìlǔ )

Japanese [ edit ]

Shinjitai 秘 Kyūjitai 祕

Kanji [ edit ]

秘

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祕)

Readings [ edit ]

Go-on : ひ ( hi , Jōyō )

: Kan-on : ひ ( hi , Jōyō )

: Kun : ひめる ( hi meru , 秘める , Jōyō ) ; かくす ( kaku su , 秘す ) ; ひそか ( hiso ka , 秘か )

: Nanori: なし ( nashi ) ; なみ ( nami ) ; み ( mi ) ; やす ( yasu )

Compounds [ edit ]

Korean [ edit ]

Hanja [ edit ]

秘 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Vietnamese [ edit ]

Han character [ edit ]

秘 (bí)