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See also:
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

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms

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:
  • bi̍t - literary (“dense; secret; fine”);
  • ba̍t - vernacular (“dense”).
Note:
  • mig8 - literary;
  • bhag8 - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (49)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter mit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mjit̚/
Li
Rong
/mjĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mat6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ mit ›
Old
Chinese
/*mri[t]/
English dense

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 591
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mriɡ/

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. 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 ).

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. density
  2. secrecy
  3. carefulness

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
みつ
Grade: 6
goon

From Middle Chinese (MC mit).

First cited to a text from 1092.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(みつ) (mitsu

  1. something without breaks or openings, something dense
  2. a secret, (especially) something done secretly
    Synonym: 秘密 (himitsu)
  3. (Buddhism) the teachings of esoteric Buddhism
    Synonym: 密教 (mikkyō)

Adjective

(みつ) (mitsu-na (adnominal (みつ) (mitsu na), adverbial (みつ) (mitsu ni))

  1. dense, without breaks or openings
  2. meticulous, carefully done, scrupulous
    (みつ)(けい)(かく)
    mitsu na keikaku
    a meticulous schedule
  3. (of relations among people) close, familiar, intimate
    Synonym: 深い (fukai)
    (みつ)(あいだ)(がら)
    mitsu na aidagara
    familiar terms, intimate relations

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 빽빽할 (ppaekppaekhal mil))

  1. hanja form? of (dense)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: mật, mất

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