# 祕

| 祕 | U+7955, &#31061; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7955 |
| ← 祔 [U+7954] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 祖 → [U+7956] |

## Translingual
### Han character

祕 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火心竹 (IFPH), four-corner 3320$_0$, composition ⿰礻必)
* mysterious, secret, abstruse

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24663
* Dae Jaweon: page 1259, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2394, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7955

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 示 (“altar”) + phonetic 必 (OC *pliɡ) – arcane, secret rituals.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mì, bì (mi$^4$, bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ, ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$pi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^3$
*** Yale: bei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$pi
*** MiniDict: pi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$pi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: pijH
Rime :
| Character | 祕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 兵媚切 |
| Baxter | pijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pji$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pji$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^3$ |

### Definitions

祕
* Alternative form of 秘
* a surname

### Compounds

* 不傳之祕／不传之秘
* 中祕書／中秘书
* 便祕／便秘
* 元祕史／元秘史
* 奧祕／奥秘 (àomì)
* 揭祕／揭秘 (jiēmì)
* 玄祕塔碑／玄秘塔碑
* 珍祕／珍秘
* 祕史／秘史 (mìshǐ)
* 祕密／秘密 (mìmì)
* 祕密交易／秘密交易
* 祕密外交／秘密外交
* 祕密社會／秘密社会
* 祕密結社／秘密结社 (mìmì jiéshè)
* 祕密證人／秘密证人
* 祕密警察／秘密警察 (mìmì jǐngchá)
* 祕密選舉／秘密选举
* 祕寶／秘宝
* 祕府／秘府
* 祕戲圖／秘戏图
* 祕探／秘探
* 祕方／秘方 (mìfāng)
* 祕書／秘书 (mìshū)
* 祕書監／秘书监
* 祕書省／秘书省
* 祕書長／秘书长 (mìshūzhǎng)
* 祕本／秘本 (mìběn)
* 祕法／秘法
* 神祕／神秘 (shénmì)
* 神祕莫測／神秘莫测 (shénmìmòcè)
* 祕笈／秘笈 (mìjí)
* 祕籍／秘籍 (mìjí)
* 祕而不宣／秘而不宣 (mì'érbùxuān)
* 祕而不泄
* 祕而不露／秘而不露
* 祕聞／秘闻 (mìwén)
* 祕要／秘要
* 祕訪／秘访
* 祕訣／秘诀 (mìjué)
* 祕辛／秘辛 (mìxīn)
* 祕錄／秘录
* 祕雕魚／秘雕鱼
* 祕魯／秘鲁
* 詭祕／诡秘 (guǐmì)
* 謹祕／谨秘
* 陰陽祕書／阴阳秘书
* 隱祕／隐秘 (yǐnmì)
* 電子祕書／电子秘书
* 電腦祕書／电脑秘书
* 電話祕書／电话秘书

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 秘 |
| Kyūjitai | 祕 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 秘)
* secret

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: ひめる (himeru, 祕める)

## Korean
### Hanja

祕 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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