密 — secrecy, density, minuteness

みつ密 secrecy

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+5BC6 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #815 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #837 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

secrecy
density
minuteness
carefulness

word

みつ mitsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

密(みつ) mitsu dense 秘(ひ) 密(みつ) himitsu secret 厳(げん) 密(みつ) genmitsu strict 密(みつ) 度(ど) mitsudo density 機(き) 密(みつ) kimitsu secrecy 精(せい) 密(みつ) seimitsu precise 親(しん) 密(みつ) shinmitsu intimacy 綿(めん) 密(みつ) menmitsu meticulous

ひそ hiso Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

密(ひそ) か hisoka secret

みっ mi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

密(みっ) 接(せつ) missetsu close 密(みっ) 着(ちゃく) micchaku close contact

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

宓 quiet

やま山 mountain #46

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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