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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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: mih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
- IPA (key): /mi⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mat6
- Yale: maht
- Cantonese Pinyin: mat9
- IPA (key): /mɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: med
- Hagfa Pinyim: med6
- IPA: /met̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍t / bi̍t
- Tâi-lô: ba̍t / bi̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: bat, bit
- IPA (Xiamen): /bat̚⁴/, /bit̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bat̚²⁴/, /bit̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bat̚¹²¹/, /bit̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /bat̚⁴/, /bit̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bat̚⁴/, /bit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| 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; | |
| 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
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Japanese
Kanji
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