蜜

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honey

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

虫 meaning “insect” + 宓 sound ( mì )

Components 宓虫

honey · Heisig RSH #1825

house + 必 certainly + 虫 insect

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
黄腹花蜜鸟	huáng fù huā mì niǎo	(bird species of China) garden sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)
紫色花蜜鸟	zǐ sè huā mì niǎo	(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
波罗蜜	bō luó mì	variant of 菠蘿蜜\|菠萝蜜[bo1 luo2 mi4]
蜜月假期	mì yuè jià qī	honeymoon
甘言蜜语	gān yán mì yǔ	see 甜言蜜語\|甜言蜜语[tian2 yan2 mi4 yu3]
安赛蜜	ān sài mì	acesulfame potassium
小蜜	xiǎo mì	(derog.) girlfriend of a married man
甜言蜜语	tián yán mì yǔ	(idiom) sweet words; sweet talk; cajolery
花蜜	huā mì	nectar
蜜语	mì yǔ	sweet words; sweet talk
蓝枕花蜜鸟	lán zhěn huā mì niǎo	(bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
水蜜桃	shuǐ mì táo	honey peach (juicy sweet peach variety)
蜜大腿	mì dà tuǐ	(coll.) curvaceous thighs (loanword from Korean)
吸蜜鸟	xī mì niǎo	honeyeater (bird of family Meliphagidae)
哈蜜瓜	hā mì guā	variant of 哈密瓜[ha1 mi4 gua1]
蜜月	mì yuè	honeymoon
褐喉食蜜鸟	hè hóu shí mì niǎo	(bird species of China) brown-throated sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
口蜜腹剑	kǒu mì fù jiàn	lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous
小蜜蜂	xiǎo mì fēng	honeybee; (fig.) industrious person (esp. one who shuttles back and forth); voice booster …
蜜源	mì yuán	nectar source