Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 示 ‎(“altar”) + phonetic 必 ‎(OC *pliɡ) – arcane, secret rituals.

Han character

祕 (radical 113 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火心竹 (IFPH), four-corner 3320₀)

1. mysterious, secret, abstruse

References

• KangXi: page 841, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24663
• Dae Jaweon: page 1259, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2394, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7955

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 秘)

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Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ひめる (himeru)

Korean

Hanja

祕 • ‎(bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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