祕 (bei3 | mi4 bi4 ) : mysterious; secret

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祕

bei3

mi4 bi4

[粵] bei3 [國] mi4
[1] mysterious; secret; keep sth secret
[2] secretary; confidential personnel
[3] close; block; constipation

[粵] bei3 [國] bi4
used for transliteration of "Peru"

Although 祕 is the traditional character, 秘 is now more commonly used even outside mainland China.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 示 (#113)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

祕 / 秘

This word has been viewed 3006 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Dec 2009 10:10

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神祕 san4 bei3 shen2 mi4 = mysterious; mystery

奧祕 ou3 bei3 ao4 mi4 = profound, deep, a mystery; mysterious

祕書長 bei3 syu1 zoeng2 mi4 shu1 zhang3 = secretary general

祕聞 bei3 man4 mi4 wen2 = secret news; insider information

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Decimal representation of this word: 祕
Unicode code for this character: U+7955 (off-site link)

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