Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

蜜: honey, nectar

Also: molasses

N1 (our estimate)14 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

虫 carries the meaning · 宓 is drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ミツmitsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 蜜みつnectar
  • 蜂蜜はちみつhoney
  • 蜜月みつげつhoneymoon

Also read ビツ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“A wriggly creature moves through the grass! The top part is the head, and the body curves below.”
More in the 虫 insect 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

虫

Also built on insect (虫)

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Also read ミツ

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

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

Simplified
蜜 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
蜜 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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