# 秘 — Secret

Frequency rank 902 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 卒 (Graduate), less common than 迎 (Welcome).

- On’yomi: ひ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 禾 Grain (Kangxi 115)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

Rice on the left conceals a heart on the right -- rice piled over a hidden heart keeps it secret from the world.

In words:

- 秘密 ひみつ — secret,secrecy
- 秘書 ひしょ — (private) secretary
- 神秘 しんぴ — mystery

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