秘 = 禾 + 必

秘 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “secret”. It is built from 禾 (grain still on stalk) and 必 (surely).

Keyword: secret
Pinyin (Mandarin): mì
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: secret, mysterious, abstruse, загадка, таинственность, тайна, mysterious, abstruse
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 秘 secret

Decomposition

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禾 grain still on stalk
必 surely

How to find 秘 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain still on stalk” + “surely”. 秘 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 秘 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.