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Kanji Detail for 祕 - "secret, mysterious"

祕

  • Meaning

    祕 means "secret, mysterious." Also associated with confidential.

    1. Secret - Hidden from others.

    2. Mysterious - Beyond understanding.

    3. Confidential - Kept private.

  • Tattoo check: 祕

    • Verified meaning: secret, mysterious
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: confidential

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mysterious; secret; abstruse

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mysterious, secret, abstruse

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 秘[mi4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    secret, mysterious, abstruse

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Secret. Such as the person in charge of confidential documents at an organization is called 祕書 (secretary).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hi(ヒ) ヒ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hi.meru(ひ-める) ひ-める

    kakusu(かく-す) かく-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    secret mysterious confidential conceal unfathomable hidden clandestine covert cryptic enigmatic esoteric furtive obscure private stealthy surreptitious undisclosed

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