Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home

密: secrecy, density (pop)

Also: minuteness, carefulness

JLPT N111 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

山 carries the meaning · 宓 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ミツmitsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 密林みつりんdense forest, jungle
  • 密度みつどdensity
  • 密室みっしつclosed-door, locked room
  • 秘密ひみつsecret, secrecy
  • 密接なみっせつなclose, intimate
  • 過密なかみつなover populated
  • 緊密なきんみつなclose, intimate
  • 親密なしんみつなintimate, friendly
  • 厳密なげんみつなstrict, rigorous
  • 密告するみっこくするbetray, inform (police), tip off
  • 密集するみっしゅうするcrowd, swarm
  • 密売するみつばいするsmuggle, bootleg

Also read ひそか, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
More in the 宀 roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宓

Also built on 宓

山

Also built on mountain (山)

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Also read ミツ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mì

Same form: 密 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
密 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
密 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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