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蜜 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ミツ・ビツみつ・びつ · mitsu · bitsu
Kun
—
Meaning
honey; nectar

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

An insect plus something stored away: the sweet liquid bees keep in the hive — honey.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onミツみつmitsu蜜みつ蜜月みつげつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蜂蜜はちみつ

    honey

  • 蜜月みつげつ

    honeymoon; close period

More words with this kanji

  • 蜜蜂みつばち
  • 蜜柑みかん
  • 蜜蠟みつろう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

焼(や)きたてのパンに蜂蜜(はちみつ)を塗(ぬ)る。

I spread honey on freshly baked bread.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蜜月蜂蜜蜜月moon蜂bee虹rainbo…虫insect虻horsef…蚪used…蚩to moc…密dense樒the st…
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Compound

Reading

Map of radical 虫Map of reading ミツAll maps

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