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Kanji Detail for 蜜 - "honey, nectar"

蜜

  • Meaning

    蜜 means "honey, nectar."

    1. Honey - Bee honey; sweet substance.

    2. Sanskrit transliteration - Used in Buddhist terminology (e.g., Paramita).

  • Words using 蜜

    • 蜂蜜 はちみつ Listen honey
    • 蜜柑 みかん Listen mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine

  • Four-character idioms with 蜜

    • 甘言蜜語 かんげんみつご Listen honeyed words; flattery
    • 甜言蜜語 てんげんみつご Listen honeyed words; flattery

  • Tattoo check: 蜜

    • Verified meaning: honey, nectar
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read みつ)

    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.

  • Name readings of 蜜

    Given names 蜜(みつ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    honey; nectar; molasses

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    honey; sweet; nectar

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    honey

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    honey, nectar; sweet

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

    Honey. Made by bees collecting sweet nectar from flowers. People harvest it for food. | Preserving things in sugar is called 蜜. Such as preserved fruit being called 蜜餞 (candied fruit). | A metaphor for sweetness. Such as the common saying that comforting people with nice words is called 甜言蜜語 (sweet words and honeyed phrases).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bitsu(ビツ) ビツ

    mitsu(ミツ) ミツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    虫 (mushi・mushihen)

  • Related Keywords

    honey nectar sweet bee golden sticky syrup hive flower pollen natural amber viscous

Sentences including 蜜

  • You are always as busy as a bee.

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