Dong Chinese dictionary

mì, bì

secret, mysterious

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound. Originally written as 祕. The 礻 component was later corrupted to 禾.

Components

hé

grain stalk

Corruption of the 礻 component in the original character 祕.

必 Sound component

bì

surely

Definitions

mì

secret, mysterious, abstruse; secret; secretary

bì

see 秘魯|秘鲁[Bìlǔ]

mì

variant of 秘[mì]

Most common words with 秘

Sources

李学勤《字源》p.6