密 U+5BC6, 密 ← 寅[U+5BC5] CJK Unified Ideographs 寇 →[U+5BC7]
密 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+8, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 十心竹山 (JPHU), four-corner 30773, composition ⿱宓山)
- 㑻, 嘧, 㨸, 滵, 樒, 䌏, 鿹, 蔤, 䈼
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 288, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7205
- Dae Jaweon: page 570, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 940, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5BC6
simp. and trad. 密 2nd round simp. 宓 alternative forms
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mriɡ): phonetic 宓 (OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ) + semantic 山 (“mountain”) – hidden in the mountains, secret, intimate. Note that the phonetic 宓 alone has also been used to express the same morpheme as 密.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “←→秘?”)
密
- dense; thick; close; tight 密集 ― mìjí ― to be crowded together 門關密。／门关密。 [Hokkien] ― Mn̂g koaiⁿ ba̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― The door is closed tightly. 田種甲真密。 [Hokkien, trad.]田种甲真密。 [Hokkien, simp.]Chhân chèng kah chin ba̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]The field is planted densely.
- intimate; close
- secret; confidential; concealed
- fine; meticulous; careful
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) calm; quiet; tranquil
- (Internet slang) to DM; to send a direct message
- 33rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; “closeness” (𝌦)
- a surname
- → Thai: มิด (mít)
密
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) densely packed; dense and numerous
For pronunciation and definitions of 密 – see 峇 (“(Hokkien) closed tightly”).(This character is a variant form of 峇). For pronunciation and definitions of 密 – see 沕 (“(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to submerge; to inundate; to drown”).(This character is a variant form of 沕).
- “密”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
- density
- secrecy
- carefulness
- Go-on: みつ (mitsu, Jōyō)←みつ (mitu, historical)、みち (michi)←みち (miti, historical)
- Kan-on: びつ (bitsu)←びつ (bitu, historical)
- Kun: ひそか (hisoka, 密か)、ひそやか (hisoyaka, 密やか)、みそか (misoka, 密か)
Kanji in this term 密 みつGrade: 6 goon
From Middle Chinese 密 (MC mit).
First cited to a text from 1092.[1]
- IPA(key): [mʲit͡sɨ]
- (Tokyo) みつ [míꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
密(みつ) • (mitsu)
- something without breaks or openings, something dense
- a secret, (especially) something done secretly Synonym: 秘密 (himitsu)
- (Buddhism) the teachings of esoteric Buddhism Synonym: 密教 (mikkyō)
密(みつ) • (mitsu) -na (adnominal 密(みつ)な (mitsu na), adverbial 密(みつ)に (mitsu ni))
- dense, without breaks or openings
- meticulous, carefully done, scrupulous 密(みつ)な計(けい)画(かく)mitsu na keikakua meticulous schedule
- (of relations among people) close, familiar, intimate Synonym: 深い (fukai) 密(みつ)な間(あいだ)柄(がら)mitsu na aidagarafamiliar terms, intimate relations
密 (eumhun 빽빽할 밀 (ppaekppaekhal mil))
- hanja form? of 밀 (“dense”)
密: Hán Việt readings: mật[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] 密: Nôm readings: mật[1][3][5][6][7], mặt[1][2], mất[3]
- chữ Hán form of mật (“(chiefly in compounds) secret; confidential”)
- chữ Nôm form of mặt (“face, surface”)
- chữ Nôm form of mật (“honey”)
