祕

祕 · mì

mysterious, secret, abstruse

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
mì
Cantonese
bei3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

mysterious, secret, abstruse

Dictionary definitions & readings

祕 mì · variant of 秘 mì

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42394.050:mì,bì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0059.091:bì 0783.041:mì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
250.160:mì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
mì粵bei3 bì粵bei3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヒ ヒツ ヒチ ひめる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
비:1E Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
兵媚 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IFPH Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3320.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0841.170 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
351.18 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0405m Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7955
Radical
示 · 113
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6906

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
祕
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
pijH · 兵媚 · 止開三去脂幫 · #2204

PHONO-ML, source line 12842; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
977.405
kCowles
3256
kDaeJaweon
1259.140
kFennIndex
339.03 400.05
kGSR
0405m
kHanYu
42394.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1259.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42394.050
kIRGKangXi
0841.170
kKangXi
0841.170
kMatthews
5088
kMeyerWempe
2313
kMorohashi
24663 24663:E0101
kNelson
3236
kSBGY
351.18
kSMSZD2003Index
479.09
kCangjie
IFPH
kFourCornerCode
3320.0
kGradeLevel
4
kHKGlyph
2864
kMojiJoho
MJ018792 MJ018792:E0101 MJ018793:E0102
kPhonetic
1059
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMT
kIICore
ATHK
kIRG_GSource
GE-4461
kIRG_HSource
HB1-AFA6
kIRG_JSource
J0-6330
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6129
kIRG_KSource
K1-6321
kIRG_TSource
T1-5729
kRSUnicode
113.5
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
AFA6
kCCCII
214E67
kCNS1986
1-5729
kCNS1992
1-5729
kEACC
214E67
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010:U+79D8
kJis0
6716
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kTGH
2013:6906
kTaiwanTelegraph
4365
kXerox
322:255
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5891+113.5.5
kCantonese
bei3
kDefinition
mysterious, secret, abstruse
kFanqie
兵媚
kHangul
비:1E
kHanyuPinyin
42394.050:mì,bì
kJapanese
ヒ ヒツ ヒチ ひめる
kJapaneseKun
HIMERU
kJapaneseOn
HI
kKorean
PI
kMandarin
mì
kSMSZD2003Readings
mì粵bei3 bì粵bei3
kTGHZ2013
250.160:mì
kXHC1983
0059.091:bì 0783.041:mì
kSemanticVariant
U+79D8<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
14dictionary records using 祕0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
礻 beside 必 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿰礻必$(GHT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰礻必$(GHT)

^⿰示必$(JKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.