秘

Translingual

Etymology

Variant (俗字) of 祕 via 示 → 禾; in current form 禾 + 必.

Han character

秘 (radical 115 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木心竹 (HDPH), four-corner 2390₀, composition ⿰禾必)

1. secret, mysterious, abstruse

References

• KangXi: page 851, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24977
• Dae Jaweon: page 1275, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2601, character 7
• Unihan data for U+79D8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

秘 (Yale bei3, bit1)

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Japanese

Kanji

秘 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ひめる (himeru), かくす (kakusu)

Compounds

• 秘儀
• 秘境
• 秘訣
• 秘書 (ひしょ, ヒショ, hisho)
• 秘法
• 秘密 (ひみつ, himitsu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

秘 (pinyin bì (bi4), mì (mi4), Wade-Giles bi⁴, mi⁴)

Compounds

• 秘鲁
• 秘宝
• 秘本
• 秘藏
• 秘而不宣
• 秘方
• 秘籍
• 秘计
• 秘诀
• 秘密 (mìmì)
• 秘史
• 秘事
• 秘书
• 秘闻

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Vietnamese

Han character

秘 (bí)