miào
mysterious
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound.
Evolution
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 妙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
beautiful | ||
clever | ||
far from good | ||
fantastic | ||
(idiom) baffling |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[m]ew(ʔ)-s | mjiewH | miào | marvelous |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 36.7291% of movies
1100th most common character in movies
1250th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+5999 |
Sources
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