蜜

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 宓 + semantic 虫 (“small insect”)

Han character

蜜 (radical 142 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹戈 (JPHI), four-corner 3013₆)

1. honey
2. sweet
3. nectar

References

• KangXi: page 1085, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33143
• Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2866, character 7
• Unihan data for U+871C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蜜 (Jyutping mat6, Yale mat6)

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Japanese

Kanji

蜜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. honey; nectar; molasses

Readings

• Goon: みつ (mitsu), みち (michi)
• Kan’on: びつ (bitsu)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

蜜

みつ Grade: S

on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 蜜 (*mjit), from Late Old Chinese *mjit ~ *mit, from Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə). Compare Tocharian B mit (“honey”)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Go'on
• (Tokyo) み​つ [míꜜtsù] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [mit͡sɯᵝ]

Noun

蜜 (hiragana みつ, romaji mitsu)

1. honey
2. nectar
3. molasses, treacle, syrup
4. short for 蜜砂糖 (mitsuzatō): brown sugar

Derived terms

Derived terms

餡蜜 (あんみつ) (anmitsu): a dessert made of bean jam, agar gelatin, and fruit served in syrup 花蜜 (かみつ) (kamitsu): flower nectar 氷蜜 (こおりみつ) (kōrimitsu): finely ground rock candy cooked with egg white, mixed with cold water as a beverage 五波羅蜜 (ごはらみつ) (go haramitsu): the five पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”) practiced by a bodhisattva to reach nirvana 砂糖蜜 (さとうみつ) (satō mitsu): sugar syrup 十波羅蜜 (じっぱらみつ) (jipparamitsu): the ten पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”) required for nirvana in Theravāda Buddhism 四波羅蜜 (しはらみつ) (shi haramitsu): the four पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”) required for nirvana in certain types of esoteric Buddhism 白蜜 (しろみつ) (shiromitsu): light-colored honey 水密 (すいみつ) (suimitsu): short for 水密桃 (すいみつとう) (suimitsutō) 水密桃 (すいみつとう) (suimitsutō): a large kind of peach originally from China, with soft, sweet, juicy flesh 石蜜 (せきみつ) (sekimitsu): crystallized honey; rock candy 酥蜜 (そみつ) (somitsu), 蘇蜜 (そみつ) (somitsu): a mixture of butter fat and honey, used medicinally or as a sweetener 檀波羅蜜 (だんはらみつ) (dan haramitsu): the पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”) of दान (dāna, “generosity, giving”) 糖蜜 (とうみつ) (tōmitsu): syrup, treacle, molasses 忍辱波羅蜜 (にんにくはらみつ) (ninniku haramitsu): the पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”) of क्षान्ति (kṣānti, “patience”) 廃糖蜜 (はいとうみつ) (hai tōmitsu): leftover sugars from sugar beet or sugar cane refining, high in glucose and fructose, used to make alcohol or candy 蜂蜜 (はちみつ) (hachimitsu): honey 波羅蜜 (はらみつ) (haramitsu): पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”) in Buddhism 般若波羅蜜 (はんにゃはらみつ) (hannya haramitsu): the पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”) of प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom”) 六波羅蜜 (ろくはらみつ) (roku haramitsu): the six पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”) required for nirvana in Mahāyāna Buddhism

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

蜜

みち Grade: S

on'yomi

Alternate reading of mitsu above.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Go'on
• (Tokyo) み​ち [míꜜchì] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [mit͡ɕi]

Noun

蜜 (hiragana みち, romaji michi)

1. honey
2. nectar
3. molasses, treacle, syrup

Usage notes

Only used on its own. Not used in compounds.

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Korean

Hanja

蜜 (mil) (hangeul 밀, revised mil, McCune-Reischauer mil, Yale mil)

1. (꿀 밀, kkul): honey

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Mandarin

Etymology

Modern mì, from Middle Chinese mjit, from Late Old Chinese *mjit ~ *mit, from Proto-Tocharian *ḿət(ə) (compare Tocharian B mit (“honey”)), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”).

Hanzi

蜜 (Pinyin mì (mi4), Wade-Giles mi⁴)

1. honey

   蜂蜜 ("honey"), 蜜蜂 ("bee")

2. the colour of honey; honey-coloured

   蜜色 ("colour of honey")

3. beeswax

   蜜燭/蜜烛 ("candle")

4. sweet

   甜蜜 ("sweet, happy"), 水蜜桃 ("honey peach"), 甜言蜜語/甜言蜜语 ("sweet words and honeyed phrases; cajolery")

5. (PSM of English miss) mistress, young girl

   小蜜 ("mistress"), 閨蜜/闺蜜 ("girlfriend (of female)")

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Min Nan

Hanzi

蜜 (POJ bi̍t)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蜜 (mật)

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