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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

815 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness

Kunyomi: ひそ.か

Onyomi: ミツ

Composition: 宓 山

密

Radical

Radical: 宀

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

密林(みつりん)   dense forest, jungle

密度(みつど)   density

密室(みっしつ)   closed-door, locked room

秘密(ひみつ)   secret, secrecy

密接な(みっせつな)   close, intimate

過密な(かみつな)   over populated

緊密な(きんみつな)   close, intimate

親密な(しんみつな)   intimate, friendly

厳密な(げんみつな)   strict, rigorous

密告する(みっこくする)   betray, inform (police), tip off

密集する(みっしゅうする)   crowd, swarm

密売する(みつばいする)   smuggle, bootleg

Onyomi Examples

密 (ミツ) dense, thick, crowded, close (relationship), intimate, minute, fine, careful, secret, esoteric Buddhism, secret Buddhist teachings

密度 (ミツド) density

濃密 (ノウミツ) dense, thick, rich (flavour, colour, etc.), deep, strong (smell), heavy, detailed (description), close (relationship), intimate

細密 (サイミツ) detailed knowledge, finely detailed

Kunyomi Examples

密か (ひそか) secret, private, surreptitious

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