The kanji 秘: meaning, readings and stroke order

秘

Meaning: secret, hide
On reading: ヒ hi
Kun reading: ひ（める） himeru
Strokes: 10
Radical: 禾 grain
Level: Level 6 · grade 6
Old form: 祕

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bí mật, giấu kín (bí)
Japanese: ひみつ。かくす。
Korean: 비밀, 숨기다 (비)
Chinese: 秘密、隐藏

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒ hi · on reading

秘ひ密みつ
secret
だれにも言わない 秘ひ密みつです。
It's a secret I won't tell anyone.

ひ（める） himeru · kun reading · less common

秘ひめる
to keep (a feeling) hidden
心に 秘ひめた 思いがあります。
I have feelings I keep hidden in my heart.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.