蜂蜜

はちみつ · hachimitsu · JLPT N1 · noun

honey

蜂蜜 — honey

蜜 — insect 虫 + 宓 (mì, phonetic)
蜜 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The 虫 component signals an insect (here, bees), while 宓 supplies the sound 'mì'. The character originally referred to honey produced by bees, and by extension came to mean sweetness.

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