秘
秘 — bi
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 숨길[祕] 비
- Romanization
- bi
- English
- secret, mysterious, abstruse
- Mandarin
- mì
- Japanese on'yomi
- ヒ, ベチ, ベツ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ひ.める ひそ.か かく.す
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 6
- Newspaper frequency
- #862 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 10
- Variant forms
- 祕
- Radical
- 禾 (115, 5 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 必
- Unicode
- U+79D8
Parts that make up 秘
How 秘 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 秘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 禾, 必.
Korean example words with 秘
- 비의秘儀 Korean gloss: 비밀스러운 종교 의식
- 비선秘線 Korean gloss: 몰래 어떤 인물이나 단체와 관계를 맺고 있음. 또는 그런 관계
- 비번秘番 Korean gloss: 은행이나 컴퓨터 시스템 따위에서, 보안을 위하여 미리 약정하여 쓰는 개인 고유의 문자열
- 비밀번호秘密番號 Korean gloss: 은행이나 컴퓨터 시스템 따위에서, 보안을 위하여 미리 약정하여 쓰는 개인 고유의 문자열
- 상습변비常習便秘 Korean gloss: 창자에 특별한 병이 없는데도 늘 변비가 되는 일. 어린이에게는 모유 부족ㆍ당분 부족 따위로, 성인에게는 운동 부족ㆍ대변 억제
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 秘
- 秘書ひしょ (private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
- 秘密ひみつ secret; secrecy; confidentiality
- 極秘ごくひ absolute secrecy
- 神秘しんぴ mystery; mysteriousness; secret
- 秘話ひわ secret story; unknown episode
- 神秘的しんぴてき mysterious; mystical
- 黙秘もくひ remaining silent; keeping secret
- 便秘べんぴ constipation
- 秘境ひきょう unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
- 秘策ひさく secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem
- 秘めるひめる to hide; to keep to oneself
- 秘蔵ひぞう treasuring; cherishing; prizing
Characters sharing the phonetic 必
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “비”
Other hanja with radical 禾
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences