TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
祕
ㄇㄧˋ · mì
adj/noun — secret, mysterious; secretarial
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Ibì → mì — the initial shifted
The altar (示) and 必 bì — what belongs to the spirits is hidden, withheld from sight. The original sense leans on the divine and unseen; from there, secret, kept close: 祕密, 神祕, 祕書. 必 carries the sound, shifted from bì to mì.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
神壇（示）後頭藏著一件事，誰也不准看。
Behind the altar (示) a thing is kept hidden, and no one may look.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)神祕— mysterious, of the spirits常用
→祕密、保祕— secret, kept close常用
⇒祕書、祕方— confidential — secretary, secret recipe
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension