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Translingual
Han character
渺 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水月山竹 (EBUH), four-corner 39120, composition ⿰氵眇)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17794
- Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1673, character 12
- Unihan data for U+6E3A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 觘
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*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
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| 抄
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*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
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| 鈔
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*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
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| 訬
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*sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
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| 炒
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*sʰroːʔ
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| 吵
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*sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
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| 耖
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*sm̥ʰreːws
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| 仯
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*sm̥ʰreːws
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| 眇
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*mewʔ
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| 渺
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*mewʔ
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| 杪
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*mewʔ
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| 秒
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*mewʔ
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| 篎
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*mewʔ, *mews
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| 妙
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*mews
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| 玅
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*mews
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| 釥
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*sm̥ʰewʔ
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| 小
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*smewʔ
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| 少
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*hmjewʔ, *hmjews
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| 麨
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*m̥ʰjewʔ
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| 尠
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*senʔ, *smos
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mewʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 眇 (OC *mewʔ).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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渺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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miǎo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ mjiewX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ewʔ/
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| English
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vast (of water)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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渺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13695
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Phonetic
component
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小
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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眇
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Old
Chinese
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/*mewʔ/
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Definitions
渺
- (of water) vast; boundless; endlessly long; expansive
- (alt. form 眇) tiny; insignificant
- vague; indistinct; uncertain
- (obsolete) the number 10-11
Compounds
See also
| Chinese historical small numbers
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| Value
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Character
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Notes
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| 10-1
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分 (fèn)
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Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
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| 10-2
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厘 (lí), 釐 (lí)
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Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
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| 10-3
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毫 (háo)
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Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo).
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| 10-4
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絲／丝 (sī)
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Rarely used today.
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| 秒 (miǎo)
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Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
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| 10-5
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忽 (hū)
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Rarely used today.
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| 10-6
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微 (wēi)
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Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
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| 10-7
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纖／纤 (xiān)
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Obsolete.
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| 10-8
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沙 (shā)
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Obsolete.
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| 10-9
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塵／尘 (chén)
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Obsolete. 納／纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-.
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| 10-10
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埃 (āi)
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Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m).
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| 10-11
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渺 (miǎo)
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Obsolete.
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| 10-12
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漠 (mò)
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Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.
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Japanese
Kanji
渺
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
渺 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
渺: Hán Nôm readings: miểu, diễu, diệu, giẻo
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