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密

密

See also: 宻

Translingual

Han character

密 (radical 40 宀+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹山 (JPHU), four-corner 30773, composition ⿱宓山)

References

  • KangXi: page 288, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7205
  • Dae Jaweon: page 570, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 940, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5BC6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 密

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (必) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
泌 *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘 *mpriɡs
毖 *priɡs
閟 *priɡs
柲 *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍 *priɡs, *priɡ
邲 *priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕 *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇 *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾 *bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝 *bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶 *bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓 *mbliːɡ
鮅 *pliɡ, *bliɡ
必 *pliɡ
珌 *pliɡ
佖 *bliɡ, *briɡ
駜 *bliɡ, *briɡ
怭 *bliɡ
妼 *bliɡ
宓 *mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒 *mriɡ
密 *mriɡ
蔤 *mriɡ
滵 *mriɡ
蜜 *mliɡ
謐 *mliɡ
榓 *mliɡ
淧 *mliɡ
瑟 *smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱 *sriɡ
飋 *sriɡ
虙 *blɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mriɡ) : phonetic 宓 ‎(OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ) + semantic 山 ‎(“mountain”) – hidden in the mountains, secret, intimate. Note that 宓 means “secret”, which reinforces this.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 密
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 質 (49)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 美畢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mˠiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mᵚit̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mjit̚/
Li
Rong		 /mjĕt̚/
Wang
Li		 /mĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 密
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 mì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mit ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mri[t]/
English dense

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 密
Reading # 1/1
No. 591
Phonetic
component		 必
Rime
group		 質
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 密
Old
Chinese		 /*mriɡ/

Definitions

密

  1. dense; thick; close
  2. intimate

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

密

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

密 • ‎(mil)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 밀 (revised: mil, McCune-Reischauer: mil)
  • Name (hangeul): 빽빽하다 (revised: bbaekbbaekhada, McCune-Reischauer: bbaekbbaekhada)
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Vietnamese

Han character

密 (mật, mất)

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