密

dense; secret; secrecy; density (pop); minuteness; carefulness

11 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 815.

Readings

• ミツ (on reading): 秘密 (ひみつ) secret; 密着 (みっちゃく) close adhesion
• ひそか (kun reading): 密か (ひそか) secret; 密やか (ひそやか) quiet

Components

• 宓
• 山
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 丶 radical dot
• 宀 radical roof
• 山 radical mountain
• 心 radical heart

Kanji containing 密

• 樒 tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves

Words using 密

• 秘密 (ひみつ) secret
• 密着 (みっちゃく) close adhesion
• 厳密 (げんみつ) strict
• 密度 (みつど) density
• 密接 (みっせつ) close (relationship, connection, etc.)
• 密か (ひそか) secret
• 密やか (ひそやか) quiet
• 心密かに (こころひそかに) inwardly
• 密か事 (みそかごと) secret
• 舎密 (セイミ) chemistry

257 words in all.

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