Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

秒: second (1/60 minute)

JLPT N29 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 少 is drawn in

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ビョウbyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 秒びょうsecond
  • 秒速びょうそくspeed (m/s)
  • 秒針びょうしんsecond hand
  • 秒読みびょうよみcountdown
  • 一秒いちびょうone second
  • 毎秒まいびょうevery second

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
More in the 禾 grain story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
禾

Also built on grain (禾)

All 32
少

Also built on few (少)

Also read ビョウ

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
秒 second (1/60 minute) · 少
vs称 appellation · 尓
秒 has 少 where 称 has 尓.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · miǎo

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

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

Pinyin miǎo 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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