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密
JLPT N1 SL6 11 strokes Frequency: #815

Meanings

Secrecy, Density (pop), Minuteness, Carefulness

Radicals

宀

Decomposition

⿱宓山

Etymology

Ideographic: A silent 宓 mountain 山; 宓 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 dot right-to-left
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
5 diagonal right-to-left
6 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
8 dot right-to-left
9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
10 corner bottom-to-top
11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ミツ mitsu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ひそ hiso

Words Using This Kanji

235 words total
Other (20 words)
密告者 みっこくしゃ

informer

密送 みっそう

sending in secret

密造酒 みつぞうしゅ

illicitly brewed liquor

密漁 みつりょう

poaching (fish or seafood)

密謀 みつぼう

conspiracy

密貿易 みつぼうえき

smuggling

密儀 みつぎ

secret rites

密輸品 みつゆひん

smuggled goods

粗密 そみつ

coarseness and fineness

精密機械 せいみつきかい

precision instrument or machine

精密科学 せいみつかがく

the exact sciences

精密機械工業 せいみつきかいこうぎょう

precision machinery industry

細密画 さいみつが

miniature (painting, portrait, etc.)

機密費 きみつひ

secret funds

心密かに こころひそかに

inwardly

企業秘密 きぎょうひみつ

company secret

台密 たいみつ

esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Tendai sect

秘密を明かす ひみつをあかす

to disclose a secret

秘密を漏らす ひみつをもらす

to betray a secret

過密 かみつ

overcrowding

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