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密 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「宀」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
On
ミツみつ · mitsu
Kun
—
Meaning
dense; secret; close

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

宀 "cover" with 必 and 山; shut close with no gaps — hence "dense, secret."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onミツみつmitsu密約みつやく厳密げんみつ秘密ひみつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 秘密ひみつ

    secret

  • 密度みつど

    density

More words with this kanji

  • 緻密ちみつ
  • 秘密裡ひみつり
  • 親密しんみつ
  • 稠密ちゅうみつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

人口(じんこう)の密度(みつど)が高(たか)い町(まち)だ。

It is a town with a high population density.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

密度秘密密度degree秘secret宅home宇heaven…宝treasu…宗religi…宙space蜜honey樒the st…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Reading

Map of radical 宀Map of reading ミツAll maps

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