描
to depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,231 U+63CF
How 描 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 苗 (phonetic, miáo)
How to remember it
describe · Heisig RSH #1846
fingers + tomato seedling
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 苗
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 苗 (miáo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苗 sound component | miáo | sprouts; Miao nationality |
| 猫 | māo | cat |
| 锚 | máo | anchor |
| 瞄 | miáo | to take aim at; to look at |
| 喵 | miāo | a cat's meow |
| 鹋 | miáo | emu |
Words containing 描
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电脑断层扫描 | diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo | CAT scan; CT scan |
| 人物描写 | rén wù miáo xiě | portrayal |
| 越描越黑 | yuè miáo yuè hēi | lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get; fig. to only make matters worse |
| 数码扫描 | shù mǎ sǎo miáo | a digital scan |
| 超声扫描 | chāo shēng sǎo miáo | ultrasonic scan |
| 断层扫描 | duàn céng sǎo miáo | CT scan (computed tomography scan) |
| 白描 | bái miáo | line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style; simple and straightforward style of writi… |
| 描金 | miáo jīn | to outline in gold |
| 描红 | miáo hóng | to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write); paper printed with red ch… |
| 隔行扫描 | gé háng sǎo miáo | interlaced scanning |
| 扫描器 | sǎo miáo qì | scanner |
| 回描 | huí miáo | flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube); retrace |
| 素描 | sù miáo | sketch |
| 描图 | miáo tú | to trace |
| 轻描淡写 | qīng miáo dàn xiě | (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate |
| 逐行扫描 | zhú háng sǎo miáo | progressive scanning |
| 描画 | miáo huà | to draw; to describe |
| 扫描仪 | sǎo miáo yí | scanner (device) |
| 描写 | miáo xiě | to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal |
| 扫描 | sǎo miáo | to scan |