祕

See also: 秘

祕 U+7955, 祕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7955 ← 祔 [U+7954] CJK Unified Ideographs 祖 → [U+7956]

Translingual

Han character

祕 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火心竹 (IFPH), four-corner 3320₀, composition ⿰礻必)

1. mysterious, secret, abstruse

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24663
• Dae Jaweon: page 1259, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2394, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7955

Chinese

trad.		祕/秘
simp.		秘/祕
祕 – only used as a surname or in a given name in Simplified Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 示 (“altar”) + phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ) – arcane, secret rituals.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì, bì (mi⁴, bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ, ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei³
    • Yale: bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi
    • MiniDict: pi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pijH

Rime
Character	祕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	兵媚切
Baxter	pijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiH/
Li Rong	/pjiH/
Wang Li	/piH/
Bernard Karlgren	/piH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3

Definitions

祕

1. Alternative form of 秘
2. a surname

Compounds

• 不傳之祕／不传之秘
• 中祕書／中秘书
• 便祕／便秘
• 元祕史／元秘史
• 奧祕／奥秘 (àomì)
• 揭祕／揭秘 (jiēmì)
• 玄祕塔碑／玄秘塔碑
• 珍祕／珍秘
• 祕史／秘史 (mìshǐ)
• 祕密／秘密 (mìmì)
• 祕密交易／秘密交易
• 祕密外交／秘密外交
• 祕密社會／秘密社会
• 祕密結社／秘密结社 (mìmì jiéshè)
• 祕密證人／秘密证人
• 祕密警察／秘密警察 (mìmì jǐngchá)
• 祕密選舉／秘密选举
• 祕寶／秘宝
• 祕府／秘府
• 祕戲圖／秘戏图
• 祕探／秘探
• 祕方／秘方 (mìfāng)
• 祕書／秘书 (mìshū)
• 祕書監／秘书监
• 祕書省／秘书省
• 祕書長／秘书长 (mìshūzhǎng)
• 祕本／秘本 (mìběn)
• 祕法／秘法
• 神祕／神秘 (shénmì)
• 神祕莫測／神秘莫测 (shénmìmòcè)
• 祕笈／秘笈 (mìjí)
• 祕籍／秘籍 (mìjí)
• 祕而不宣／秘而不宣 (mì'érbùxuān)
• 祕而不泄
• 祕而不露／秘而不露
• 祕聞／秘闻 (mìwén)
• 祕要／秘要
• 祕訪／秘访
• 祕訣／秘诀 (mìjué)
• 祕辛／秘辛 (mìxīn)
• 祕錄／秘录
• 祕雕魚／秘雕鱼
• 祕魯／秘鲁
• 詭祕／诡秘 (guǐmì)
• 謹祕／谨秘
• 陰陽祕書／阴阳秘书
• 隱祕／隐秘 (yǐnmì)
• 電子祕書／电子秘书
• 電腦祕書／电脑秘书
• 電話祕書／电话秘书

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	秘
Kyūjitai	祕

Kanji

祕

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 秘)

1. secret

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ひめる (himeru, 祕める)

Korean

Hanja

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

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