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Translingual
Han character
祕 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火心竹 (IFPH), four-corner 33200, composition ⿰礻必)
- mysterious, secret, abstruse
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24663
- Dae Jaweon: page 1259, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2394, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7955
Chinese
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祕/秘
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秘/祕
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| 祕 – only used as a surname or in a given name in Simplified Chinese
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 示 (“altar”) + phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ) – arcane, secret rituals.
Pronunciation
Definitions
祕
- Alternative form of 秘
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
祕
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 秘)
- secret
Readings
Korean
Hanja
祕 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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