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密 (mì): meaning and stroke order

密 (mì) means dense; close; thick, intimate; close, (bound form) secret; confidential.

密

Simplified
密
Traditional
密 (same form)
Pinyin
mì

Stroke order of 密

密

  • Mì surname Mi; name of an ancient state
  • mì dense; close; thick; intimate; close
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 密

  1. mì
    • dense; close; thick
    • intimate; close
    • (bound form) secret; confidential
    • (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
  2. Mì
    • surname Mi
    • name of an ancient state

Radical and structure

密
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 11 strokes · 宓 on top, 山 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 密

密 in our stories

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  • 晋文公后来想起了这件事，十分惭愧，亲自上山去请，可是山高林密，怎么也找不到人。

    Jìn Wéngōng hòulái xiǎng qǐ le zhè jiàn shì shífēn cánkuì qīnzì shàngshān qù qǐng kěshì shān gāo Lín mì zěnme yě zhǎo bú dào rén

    When Duke Wen later remembered, he was deeply ashamed and went up the mountain himself to invite him back, but the mountain was high and the forest dense, and he could not find him.

    From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 密

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).