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Secret
密 can mean secret, secrecy, confidential, quiet, still, and/or esoteric.
As a piece of calligraphy artwork, it will be read with this secret or secrecy meaning.
When used in the context between people, this can mean: close; close together; intimate; closed in.
When referring to materials or objects, it can refer to thickness, density, thick, dense, fine, and/or small.
Notes:
In Chinese, this can be the surname Mi.
In Japanese, this can be the name Mitsu.
Darkness
闇 is the shortest and universal way (in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja) to write “darkness.”
In Chinese, this can mean dark, gloomy, hidden, secret, to shut the door, or unilluminated.
In Japanese, this can mean darkness, the dark, black-marketeering, dark, shady, or illegal.
In old Korean Hanja, this can mean dark, obscure, hidden, or secret.
Note that there is an alternate form of this character. It is used as an alternate in all three languages (that rarely happens). You can see this alternate version to the right. If you want to order that version, please click on that character, instead of the button above.
Darkness
暗黒 is the two-character Japanese word for darkness.
The first Kanji can mean unilluminated, dark, gloomy, hidden, or secret.
The second character means black or dark.
Together, these two Kanji will be understood as dark or darkness.
Darkness
黑闇 is the two-character Chinese word for darkness.
The first character alone means black or dark.
The second character has several possible meanings, depending on context; They include: to shut the door, unilluminated, dark, gloomy, hidden, or secret.
Together, these two characters will, in most cases, be translated as dark or darkness.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
密 see styles |
mì mi4 mi mitsu みつ |
More info & calligraphy: Secret(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 疎・そ・1) dense; thick; crowded; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) close (relationship); intimate; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) minute; fine; careful; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) secret; (5) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 密教・みっきょう) esoteric Buddhism; secret Buddhist teachings; (surname, female given name) Mitsu Closed in; close together; intimate; quiet, still; secret, occult, esoteric; fine, small; contrasted with 顯 open, exoteric. Cf. 祕. |
暗 see styles |
àn an4 an hikage ひかげ |
dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant (ant: 明・めい・1) darkness; (female given name) Hikage Dark, dim, gloom, dull; secret, hidden. |
黑 see styles |
hēi hei1 hei koku |
More info & calligraphy: Blackkāla; kṛṣṇa; black; dark. |
默 see styles |
mò mo4 mo moku |
More info & calligraphy: SilenceDark, secret, silent, profound. |
こん see styles |
kon コン |
(archaism) (feminine speech) (secret language of court ladies) (See 牛蒡) great burdock; (place-name) Gong; Khong; Conn |
内内 see styles |
nainai ないない uchiuchi うちうち |
(adj-no,adv,n) family circle; the inside; private; informal; secret; confidential |
呼吸 see styles |
hū xī hu1 xi1 hu hsi kokyuu / kokyu こきゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Breathe(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) breathing; respiration; (2) knack; trick; secret (of doing something); (3) harmony; balance; synchronization; accord; (4) (See 一呼吸) short interval; short pause Exhale and inhale. |
神秘 see styles |
shén mì shen2 mi4 shen mi shinpi しんぴ |
More info & calligraphy: Mysterious / Mystery(n,adj-na,adj-no) mystery; mysteriousness; secret; (female given name) Shinpi |
冥 see styles |
míng ming2 ming mei / me めい |
dark; deep; stupid; the underworld (female given name) Mei Darkness, obscurity; deep. Hades; used chiefly in the sense of 無知 ignorance, profound, secret, invisible, e.g. as opposed to 顯 open, manifest. |
幫 帮 see styles |
bāng bang1 pang |
to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society |
潛 潜 see styles |
qián qian2 ch`ien chien sen せん |
hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive (given name) Sen to hide away |
祕 秘 see styles |
mì mi4 mi hi |
variant of 秘[mi4] Secret, occult, esoteric; opposite of 顯. |
私 see styles |
sī si1 ssu kisai きさい |
personal; private; selfish (pronoun) (kana only) (ksb:) I; me; (surname) Kisai Private, secret, selfish, illicit. |
秘 see styles |
mì mi4 mi hi ひ |
secret; secretary (rare) (See 秘中の秘) secret; mystery spiritual |
種 种 see styles |
zhòng zhong4 chung tanezaki たねざき |
to plant; to grow; to cultivate (1) seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach); (2) progeny; offspring; issue; breed; (3) (See 胤) paternal blood; lineage; (4) sperm; semen; seed; (5) cause; source; seed; origin; (6) material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject (of discussion); theme; (news) copy; source (of a story); (7) {food} ingredient; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi); leaven; (8) mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.); secret; trickery; (9) (kana only) {hanaf} (oft. as タネ) 10-point card; tane; animal card; (surname) Tanezaki vīja; bīja. Seed, germ; sort, species; also to sow, plant. |
醧 see styles |
yù yu4 yü yo |
A potation, or drinking: a secret or private drinking; private. |
陰 阴 see styles |
yīn yin1 yin kage かげ |
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia (archaism) female private parts; female genitals; (surname) Kage Shade, dark, the shades, the negative as opposed to the positive principle, female, the moon, back, secret. In Buddhism it is the phenomenal, as obscuring the true nature of things; also the aggregation of phenomenal things resulting in births and deaths, hence it is used as a translation like 蘊 q.v. for skandha, the 五陰 being the five skandhas or aggregates. |
ＳＳ see styles |
esu esu; esuesu(sk) エス・エス; エスエス(sk) |
(1) (See ガソリンスタンド) service station; gas station; (2) {baseb} (See 遊撃手) shortstop; (3) sporty sedan; (4) steamship; SS; (5) (See シークレットサービス・2) Secret Service (US); (6) (See 浮遊物質) suspended solids; SS; (7) (hist) Schutzstaffel; SS; (8) (also read ダブルエス) (See Ｓ・10) SS rank (esp. in video games) |
コツ see styles |
kotsu コツ |
(kana only) knack; skill; trick; secret; know-how; the ropes; hang |
一物 see styles |
yī wù yi1 wu4 i wu ichimotsu; ichimotsu(sk) いちもつ; イチモツ(sk) |
(1) one thing; one article; (2) ulterior motive; secret intention; secret scheme; plot; (3) (euph) (kana only) (usu. written as イチモツ) penis; (4) (euph) money one thing |
下心 see styles |
xià xīn xia4 xin1 hsia hsin shitagokoro したごころ |
(1) secret intention; ulterior motive; (2) kanji "heart" radical at bottom humility |
両手 see styles |
ryoute / ryote りょうて |
(1) both hands; both arms; (2) (from the number of fingers on both hands; used as secret jargon) ten |
丸秘 see styles |
maruhi まるひ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) confidential; secret; classified |
九献 see styles |
kukon くこん |
(1) (See 三三九度) three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups; (2) (See 女房詞) sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine |
他心 see styles |
tā xīn ta1 xin1 t`a hsin ta hsin tashin たしん |
other intention; secret purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; fickleness; double-mindedness minds of others |
他言 see styles |
tagon; tagen たごん; たげん |
(noun, transitive verb) telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out |
仙術 see styles |
senjutsu せんじゅつ |
wizardry; secret of immortality |
会党 see styles |
kaitou / kaito かいとう |
(hist) secret society of ancient China (often opposed to the government) |
保秘 see styles |
hohi ほひ |
(noun/participle) keeping (something) secret |
內祕 内祕 see styles |
nèi mì nei4 mi4 nei mi naihi |
The inner mystic mind of the bodhisattva, though externally he may appear to be a śrāvaka. |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Secret | 密 | mitsu | mì / mi4 / mi | |
| Darkness | 闇 暗 | yami | àn / an4 / an | |
| Darkness | 暗黒 | an koku / ankoku | ||
| Darkness | 黑闇 黑暗 | hēi àn / hei1 an4 / hei an / heian | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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