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U+5BC6, 密
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BC6

[U+5BC5]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5BC7]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 40, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十心竹山 (JPHU), four-corner 30773, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 288, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7205
  • Dae Jaweon: page 570, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 940, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5BC6

Chinese

More information simp. and trad., 2nd round simp. ...

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mriɡ): phonetic (OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ) + semantic (mountain) – hidden in the mountains, secret, intimate. Note that 宓 means “secret”, hence the phonetic component also adds part of the meaning.

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “←→?”)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • beh7 - vernacular;
  • bih7 - literary.

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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. dense; thick; close; tight
          to be crowded together
    [Hokkien]   Mn̂g koaiⁿ ba̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   The door is closed tightly.
    [Hokkien, trad.]
    [Hokkien, simp.]
    Chhân chèng kah chin ba̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The field is planted densely.
  2. intimate; close
  3. secret; confidential; concealed
  4. fine; meticulous; careful
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) calm; quiet; tranquil
  6. (Internet slang) to DM; to send a direct message
  7. 33rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "closeness" (𝌦)
  8. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

  • Thai: มิด (mít)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) densely packed; dense and numerous

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“(Hokkien) closed tightly”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to submerge; to inundate; to drown”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

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