Chinese symbol for “dense”
密
mì
dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dense is 密 (mì), defined as: dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dense”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浓厚 (濃厚) | nóng hòu | dense; thick (fog, clouds etc) |
| 浓重 (濃重) | nóng zhòng | dense; thick |
| 稠密 | chóu mì | dense |
| 茂密 | mào mì | dense (of plant growth); lush |
| 稠 | chóu | dense; crowded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 密.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秘密 | mì mì | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret |
| 密码 (密碼) | mì mǎ | cipher; secret code; password; PIN |
| 密切 | mì qiè | close; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc) |
| 紧密 (緊密) | jǐn mì | inseparably close |
| 密度 | mì dù | density; concentration |
| 机密 (機密) | jī mì | secret; classified; classified information; secret |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dense”.
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.