妙
clever; wonderful
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,453 U+5999
How 妙 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 少 (phonetic, shǎo)
How to remember it
wonderful · Heisig RSH #127
女 woman + 少 few
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 少
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 少 (shǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少 sound component | shǎo | few, little; less; inadequate |
| 沙 | shā | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated |
| 省 | shěng | province; frugal; to save, to leave out |
| 炒 | chǎo | to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock |
| 抄 | chāo | copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize |
| 纱 | shā | gauze, muslin, yarn |
| 秒 | miǎo | a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time |
| 钞 | chāo | bank note, paper money; to counterfeit |
| 吵 | chǎo | to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb |
| 耖 | chào | harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil; to level ground with such an implemen… |
Words containing 妙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妙在不言中 | miào zài bù yán zhōng | the charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom) |
| 妙手空空 | miào shǒu kōng kōng | petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish); empty-handed; having nothing |
| 妙不可言 | miào bù kě yán | too wonderful for words |
| 妙笔生花 | miào bǐ shēng huā | gifted or skillful writing |
| 生花妙笔 | shēng huā miào bǐ | beautiful or talented writing |
| 妙手回春 | miào shǒu huí chūn | (idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure |
| 妙语横生 | miào yǔ héng shēng | to be full of wit and humor |
| 神机妙算 | shén jī miào suàn | divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom); clever scheme; supremely clever in his sch… |
| 妙语如珠 | miào yǔ rú zhū | sparkling with wit (idiom) |
| 妙语连珠 | miào yǔ lián zhū | sparkling with wit (idiom) |
| 妙法莲华经 | Miào fǎ Lián huá Jīng | The Lotus Sutra |
| 奇思妙想 | qí sī miào xiǎng | an unconventional but wonderful idea |
| 莫明其妙 | mò míng qí miào | variant of 莫名其妙[mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4] |
| 莫名其妙 | mò míng qí miào | (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable |
| 不妙 | bù miào | (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring |
| 灵丹妙药 | líng dān miào yào | effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea; elix… |
| 妙手 | miào shǒu | miraculous hands of a healer; highly skilled person; brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go)… |
| 高妙 | gāo miào | masterly; subtle and clever (or artwork, writing etc) |
| 妙法 | miào fǎ | brilliant plan; ingenious method; perfect solution |
| 妙语 | miào yǔ | witticism |