蜜 – honey, nectar, molasses

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2203 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 蜜 means honey, nectar, molasses. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ミツ、ビツ (mitsu, bitsu). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 虫 (no. 142).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ミツ	mitsu
On’yomi	ビツ	bitsu

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: 虫 (Kangxi radical 142). Components: ノ・心・虫・丶・宀.

Words using 蜜

蜂蜜はちみつhoney

Kanji with the same radical

融虫蛇蝶蛍虹蚊蜂蛋

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