密

mì

name of an ancient state

surname Mi; dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM

stillness (宓) + mountain (山) = dense, secret, and hidden away

宓 suggests stillness and concealment — something quietly hidden away. A mountain (山) amplifies this: things buried deep in the mountains are dense, hard to reach, and secret.

宓+山→密
宓QuietSemantic
山MountainSemantic

这片森林里的树长得很密。

zhè piàn sēn lín lǐ de shù zhǎng de hěn mì。

The trees in this forest grow very dense.

这件事要保密,不能告诉别人。

zhè jiàn shì yào bǎo mì,bù néng gào sù bié rén。

This matter must be kept secret and cannot be told to others.

Words with 密

斯密

sī mì

also rendered as 史密斯

密西西比河

mì xī xī bǐ hé

Mississippi River

密斯

mì sī

Miss (loanword)

绵密

mián mì

detailed

密告

mì gào

to report secretly

隐密

yǐn mì

secret; hidden

密集

mì jí

concentrated

迈阿密

mài ā mì

Miami (Florida)

邃密

suì mì

deep

医密

yī mì

patient confidentiality (medicine)

闺密

guī mì

variant of 閨蜜|闺蜜[gui1 mi4]

辟室密谈

pì shì mì tán

to discuss behind closed doors

More characters with 宓

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