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秘

秘

See also: 祕

Translingual

Han character

秘 (radical 115 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木心竹 (HDPH), four-corner 23900, composition ⿰禾必)

References

  • KangXi: page 851, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24977
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1275, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2601, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+79D8

Chinese

trad. 秘/祕
simp. 秘

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

In current form: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mpriɡs) : semantic 禾 + phonetic 必 ‎(OC *pliɡ).

Variant (俗字) of 祕 via 示 → 禾.

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 秘 (秘書)
Mandarin Beijing /mi⁵¹/
Harbin /mi⁵³/
Tianjin /mi⁵³/
Jinan /mi²¹/
Qingdao /mi⁴²/
Zhengzhou /mi²⁴/
Xi'an /mi²¹/
Xining /mji⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /mi¹³/
Lanzhou /mi¹³/
Ürümqi /mi²¹³/
Wuhan /mi²¹³/
Chengdu /pei¹³/
/mi³¹/
Guiyang /mi²¹/
Kunming /mi³¹/
Nanjing /pi⁴⁴/
Hefei /pz̩⁵³/
/mz̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /miəʔ²/
Pingyao /pi³⁵/
Hohhot /miəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /mi³⁵/
Suzhou /pi⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /pi⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /mi²¹³/
Hui Shexian /pi³²⁴/
Tunxi /mi⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /mi²⁴/
/pei⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /pi⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /pi⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /pi⁵³/
Taoyuan /pi⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pei³³/
Nanning /pi³³/
Hong Kong /pei³³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /pi²¹/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /pɛi²¹²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /mi²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /pi²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /mit̚⁵/
Rime
Character 秘
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 兵媚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pˠiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pjiH/
Li
Rong		 /pjiH/
Wang
Li		 /piH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /piH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bì
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 秘
Reading # 1/1
No. 553
Phonetic
component		 必
Rime
group		 至
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 祕
Old
Chinese		 /*mpriɡs/
Notes 祕注俗字

Definitions

秘

  1. mysterious; abstruse; secret
  2. rare; scarce
  3. to keep as a secret
  4. to block
  5. Short for 秘書／秘书 (mìshū, “secretary”).
  6. Short for 秘魯／秘鲁 (Bìlǔ, “Peru”).
  7. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

秘

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. secret; confidential

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

秘 (bí)

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