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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

妙: exquisite, strange

Also: queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 少 is drawn in

7 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ミョウmyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 妙みょうstrange; weird; odd
  • 微妙びみょうsubtle; delicate; fine
  • 奇妙きみょうstrange; odd; peculiar
  • 巧妙こうみょうingenious; skillful; clever
  • 絶妙ぜつみょうexquisite; superb; perfect
  • 神妙しんみょうmeek; quiet; docile
  • 軽妙けいみょうlight and easy; lambent; clever

Also read ビョウ, たえ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
More in the 女 woman story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
女

Also built on woman (女)

All 38
少

Also built on few (少)

Also read ミョウ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ビョウ

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
妙 exquisite · 女
vs沙 sand · 氵
妙 has 女 where 沙 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · miào

Same form: 妙 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
妙 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
妙 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin miào most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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