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密

See also: 宻
密 U+5BC6, 密
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BC6
← 寅
[U+5BC5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 寇 →
[U+5BC7]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 密
variant forms 宻

Glyph originEdit

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.

EtymologyEdit

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Particularly: “←→秘?”

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • bi̍t - literary;
  • ba̍t/bā - vernacular.
Note:
  • mig8 - literary;
  • bhag8 - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • 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/

    DefinitionsEdit

    密

    1. dense; thick; close
    2. intimate
    3. 33rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "closeness" (𝌦)

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 密

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    密

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. density
    2. secrecy
    3. carefulness

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    密 • (mil)

    • Eumhun:
      • Sound (hangeul): 밀 (revised: mil, McCune–Reischauer: mil)
      • Name (hangeul): 빽빽하다 (revised: bbaekbbaekhada, McCune–Reischauer: bbaekbbaekhada)
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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    密 (mật, mất)

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