Hanja Analyzer
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

  • 禾 벼 화 이삭이 늘어진 벼곡식과 농사
  • 必 반드시 필sound 자루에 표를 한 모양반드시. ‘필·비’ 계열의 소리

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

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