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Kanji Detail for 秘 - "to conceal, secretly"

秘

  • Meaning

    秘 means "to conceal, secretly." Also associated with unfathomable.

    1. To hide - To conceal; keep secret.

    2. Mystery - Beyond human knowledge.

  • Words using 秘

    • 秘書 ひしょ Listen (private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
    • 秘密 ひみつ Listen secret; secrecy; confidentiality
    • 極秘 ごくひ Listen absolute secrecy
    • 神秘 しんぴ Listen mystery; mysteriousness; secret
    • 秘話 ひわ Listen secret story; unknown episode
    • 神秘的 しんぴてき Listen mysterious; mystical
    • 便秘 べんぴ Listen constipation
    • 秘める ひめる Listen to hide; to keep to oneself

  • Tattoo check: 秘

    • Verified meaning: to conceal, secretly
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: unfathomable

    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.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    secret; conceal

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    secret, mysterious, abstruse

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 秘[mi4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    secret, mysterious, abstruse

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hi(ヒ) ヒ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hi.meru(ひ-める) ひ-める

    hiso.ka(ひそ-か) ひそ-か

    kakusu(かく-す) かく-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    conceal secretly unfathomable hide mystery confidential private arcane classified covert cryptic enigmatic esoteric hidden mysterious personal stealthy undisclosed

Sentences including 秘

  • He was curious to know her secret.

  • His secret life came to light at last.

  • She revealed her secret to us.

  • She hid the secret from her husband all her life.

  • I hear she is a secretary to mr smith.

  • Please keep this news to yourself for a while.

  • They kept the plan among themselves.

  • At last she gave way to him and broke a secret.

  • The secret will soon get out.

  • He made her his secretary.

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