秘

Glyph origin
In current form:.

Variant of  via  →.

Etymology
Read mì instead of bì in Mandarin as a result of conflation with (c.f. ).

Definitions

 * 1) secret; undisclosed; confidential
 * 2) mysterious; abstruse
 * 3) rare; scarce; extraordinary
 * 4) to keep as a secret
 * 5) to block

Kanji

 * 1) secret; confidential

Compounds

 * : numerology, or a secret art
 * : a practitioner of a secret art
 * : secretary
 * : secret