祕

Information about character(s)

Radical: 示
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 秘

Pronunciation

Pinyin: mì, bì
Cantonese: bei3
JapaneseKun: HIMERU
JapaneseOn: HI
Korean: PI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: mysterious, secret, abstruse

CE-Dict: variant of 秘[mi4]

Soothill: Secret, occult, esoteric; opposite of 顯.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《示部》祕神也。从示必聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【示字部】祕
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤兵媚切，音賁。【說文】神也。【徐曰】祕之言閉，祕不可宣也。【廣韻】勞也，密也，藏也。【史記·孝文紀】祕祝之官。【註】祕祝移過於下，國家諱之，故曰祕。【前漢·劉向傳】詔向領校中五經祕書。【註】言中以別外。【班固·兩都賦】校理祕文。　又官名。【唐書·百官志】祕書省監一人，又祕書郞三人。　又姓。【西秦錄】有僕射祕宜。　又【字彙補】𤰞吉切，音必。【郤正釋譏】無遠不至，無幽不悉。挺身取命，幹兹奧祕。　【正字通】从示从必。俗从禾作秘，譌。

Buddhism words and phrases secret, hidden, profound