密 – secrecy, density (pop), minuteness

11 strokesTaught in grade 6#815 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 密 means secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ミツ (mitsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひそ.か (hisoka). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ミツ	mitsu
Kun’yomi	ひそ.か	hisoka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: ノ・山・心・丶・宀.

Words using 密

秘密ひみつsecret密みつdense厳密げんみつstrict過密かみつovercrowding精密せいみつprecise密集みっしゅうcrowding together密接みっせつclose (relationship, connection, etc.)密度みつどdensity密かひそかsecret

Example sentences

私は彼女に取り入ってうまく秘密を聞き出した。

I charmed a secret out of her.

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からだ全体が密に毛でおおわれている。

The entire body is densely covered with hair.

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厳密な科学的観点からは、歴史は科学とはいえない。

From a strictly scientific point of view, history cannot be called a science.

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Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察室客完富

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