Home / Hanzi / 渺

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

渺

(of an expanse of water) vast; distant and indistinct; tiny or insignificant

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,665 U+6E3A

How 渺 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 眇 (phonetic, miǎo)

components: 氵 眇

How to remember it

insignificant · Heisig RSH #1534

泪 tears + 少 few

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 渺

WordPinyinMeaning
渺无音信 miǎo wú yīn xìn to receive no news whatsoever about sb
渺无人烟 miǎo wú rén yān remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted; God-forsaken
紧凑渺子线圈 Jǐn còu Miǎo zǐ Xiàn quān Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
渺乎其微 miǎo hū qí wēi remote and insignificant (idiom)
渺子 miǎo zǐ muon (particle physics)
渺小 miǎo xiǎo minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant
渺视 miǎo shì to think little of; to look down on
渺远 miǎo yuǎn distant; remote (spatially or in time)
前途渺茫 qián tú miǎo máng not knowing what to do next; at a loose end
飘渺 piāo miǎo faintly discernible; indistinct; misty
浩渺 hào miǎo vast; extending into the distance
旷渺 kuàng miǎo remote and vast
渺茫 miǎo máng uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague
渺渺茫茫 miǎo miǎo máng máng uncertain; unknown; fuzzy
杳渺 yǎo miǎo dimly discernible
缥渺 piāo miǎo variant of 飄渺|飘渺[piao1 miao3]