Hanja Analyzer
密

密 — mil

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빽빽할 밀
Romanization
mil
English
dense, thick, close; intimate
Mandarin
mì
Japanese on'yomi
ミツ, ビツ, ミチ
Japanese kun'yomi
ひそ.か
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#815 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
宀 (40, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+5BC6

Parts that make up 密

  • 宓 성(姓) 복 집 안에 숨긴 모양‘복·밀’ 계열의 소리
  • 山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것

How 密 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 密 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 宓, 山.

Korean example words with 密

  • 밀식密植 Korean gloss: 빽빽하게 심음
  • 밀탐密探 Korean gloss: 남몰래 정탐함
  • 소밀疏密 Korean gloss: 성김과 빽빽함
  • 밀전密電 Korean gloss: 몰래 보내는 전보
  • 밀계密計 Korean gloss: 남몰래 꾸미는 계책
  • 밀고密告 Korean gloss: 남몰래 넌지시 일러바침
  • 밀집密集 Korean gloss: 빈틈없이 빽빽하게 모임
  • 밀사密使 Korean gloss: 몰래 보내는 사자(使者)
  • 밀서密書 Korean gloss: 몰래 보내는 편지나 문서
  • 밀선密船 Korean gloss: 허가 없이 몰래 다니는 배
  • 밀유密諭 Korean gloss: 임금이 비밀리에 내리던 명령
  • 밀렵密獵 Korean gloss: 허가를 받지 않고 몰래 사냥함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 密

  • 秘密ひみつ secret; secrecy; confidentiality
  • 緊密きんみつ rigour; rigor; closeness
  • 密接みっせつ close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near
  • 密輸みつゆ smuggling; contraband trade
  • 精密せいみつ precise; exact; detailed
  • 機密きみつ secrecy; highly classified information
  • 密室みっしつ locked room; secret room
  • 厳密げんみつ strict; close; precise
  • 密度みつど density
  • 親密しんみつ intimacy; friendship
  • 密売みつばい illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging
  • 過密かみつ overcrowding; congestion; overpopulation

Other hanja read “밀”

Other hanja with radical 宀

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