祕
mìbì

secret, mysterious

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秘

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component

礻 is a component form of 示.

必
必 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“祕，神也。从示，必聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)