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秘
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mysterious

HSK 4 N1
Nature →Plants →Grasses
mì
ヒ
ひ.める、ひそ.か、かく.す
비
Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound. Originally written as 祕. The 礻 component was later corrupted to 禾.
Components
禾 standing grain+ 必 certainly =
秘 mysterious
禾
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
Corruption of the 礻 component in the original character 祕.
必 Phonetic component
bì certainly
surely, most certainly
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Notes
Similar Characters
兼 double利 profit委 committee年 year朵 flouds秀 elegant秉 wield秊 harvest-year (archaic)秋 autumn稟 report to (trad)穆 reverent囷 round-shaped storage bin季 seasons犂 plow (iii)禿 bald (trad)私 private秃 bald (simp)秆 grain (simp)种 race (simp)科 department
Chinese
秘 [bì]
see 秘魯|秘鲁[Bì​lǔ]
秘 [mì]
secret; secretary
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (58)
秘密 [mì​mì] #649
secret
神秘 [shén​mì] #1,930
mysterious
秘书 [mì​shū] #3,796
secretary
秘书 [mì​shū] #3,796
secretary
秘书长 [mì​shū​zhǎng] #17,948
secretary-general
秘书长 [mì​shū​zhǎng] #17,948
secretary-general
秘诀 [mì​jué] #8,873
secret know-how
秘诀 [mì​jué] #8,873
secret know-how
秘鲁 [Bì​lǔ] #8,164
Peru
秘鲁 [Bì​lǔ] #8,164
Peru
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JAPANESE WORDS (159)
⭐ 秘密 [ひみつ] #1,023
secret
⭐ 秘める [ひめる] #4,511
to hide
⭐ 密か [ひそか] #5,816
secret
⭐ 秘書 [ひしょ] #8,509
(private) secretary
⭐ 神秘 [しんぴ] #10,140
mystery
⭐ 神秘的 [しんぴてき] #11,435
mysterious
⭐ 極秘 [ごくひ] #11,650
absolute secrecy
秘 [ひ] #12,014
secret
秘匿 [ひとく] #13,747
hiding
秘密裏 [ひみつり] #14,179
(in) secrecy
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