Chinese symbol for “classified”
机密
jī mì
Traditional: 機密
secret; classified; classified information; secret
The closest CC-CEDICT match for classified is 机密 (jī mì), defined as: secret; classified; classified information; secret.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “classified”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机要 (機要) | jī yào | (attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work; (of information) secret; classified |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 机密.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 机关 (機關) | jī guān | mechanism; gear; machine-operated |
| 飞机 (飛機) | fēi jī | airplane; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 机场 (機場) | jī chǎng | airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship |
| 秘密 | mì mì | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret |
| 密码 (密碼) | mì mǎ | cipher; secret code; password; PIN |
See also: Japanese symbol for “classified”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.