Question

密 ひそ.か 秘密(ひみつ): secret; secrecy密接(みっせつ): related; connected; close; intimate精密(せいみつ): precise; exact; detailed; minute; close厳密(げんみつ): strict; close密度(みつど): density密集(みっしゅう): crowd; close formation; dense過密(かみつ): overcrowding; crowded; congestion密か(ひそか): secret; private; surreptitious密(みつ): (1) density; thickness (2) secrecy (3) minute; fine 6 宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40)必: invariably; certain; inevitable山: mountain 宀 3 (none) secrecy To maintain secrecy, secret societies invariably have to house themselves on top of the moutains. (Slight tweak of chamcham´s story, using fuaburisa´s idea for remembering where to put the mountain primitive.).

Accepted Answer

ミツ secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness 1 815 11 40 うかんむり 会意 Compound Ideographic To maintain secrecy, secret societies invariably have to house themselves in the moutains.

Kanji	密
Onyomi	ミツ
Kunyomi	ひそ.か
English	secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness
Examples	秘密(ひみつ): secret; secrecy 密接(みっせつ): related; connected; close; intimate 精密(せいみつ): precise; exact; detailed; minute; close 厳密(げんみつ): strict; close 密度(みつど): density 密集(みっしゅう): crowd; close formation; dense 過密(かみつ): overcrowding; crowded; congestion 密か(ひそか): secret; private; surreptitious 密(みつ): (1) density; thickness (2) secrecy (3) minute; fine
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	815
Components	宀: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40) 必: invariably; certain; inevitable 山: mountain
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	宀
Radical Number	40
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	うかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	secrecy
Koohii Story 1	To maintain secrecy, secret societies invariably have to house themselves in the moutains.
Koohii Story 2	To maintain secrecy, secret societies invariably have to house themselves on top of the moutains. (Slight tweak of chamcham´s story, using fuaburisa´s idea for remembering where to put the mountain primitive.).

Secrecy Close Density Secret Minute Mountain Maintain Societies