Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

泌: ooze, flow

Also: soak in, penetrate, secrete

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 必 gives the sound

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヒツhitsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 分泌ぶんぴつsecretion
  • 内分泌ないぶんぴつendocrine

ヒhi · on'yomi

  • 泌尿器ひにょうきurinary organs

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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必

Also built on invariably (必)

泌 takes the 必 family's reading, ヒツ (hitsu).

Also read ヒツ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ヒ

22 kanji share this on'yomiAll 22

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
泌 ooze · 氵
vs秘 secret · 禾
泌 has 氵 where 秘 has 禾.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mì

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

Simplified
泌 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
泌 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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