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Translingual
Han character
秒 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木火竹 (HDFH), four-corner 29920, composition ⿰禾少)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 850, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24952
- Dae Jaweon: page 1274, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2593, character 12
- Unihan data for U+79D2
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 禾 (“cereal; grain”) + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- Taiwan:
- biáu - literary;
- bió - vernacular.
Note:
- miao2 - Shantou;
- miou2 - Chaozhou.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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秒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13698
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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
秒
- (obsolete) awn; arista
- (obsolete) tiny; minute; insignificant
- (obsolete) tip; end; extremity
- Classifier for time: second
- 一天有86400秒。 ― Yī tiān yǒu 86400 miǎo. ― There are 86,400 seconds in one day.
- Classifier for measuring an angle or latitude/longitude: second; arcsecond
- (obsolete) unit of length equal to 0.0001 cun
- (neologism, Internet slang, by extension) in seconds; immediately; instantly; at once
Synonyms
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 秒 – see 藐 (“small; young; to look down on; to think little of; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 藐). |
| Notes: |
Japanese
Kanji
秒
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- second
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
秒 • (byō) ←べう (beu)?
- second (one-sixtieth of a minute; SI unit of time)
- second (unit of angular measure)
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 묘 (myo) based on Middle Chinese 秒 (MC mjiewX).
| Historical Readings
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| Dongguk Jeongun Reading
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| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 |
묘ᇢ〯 (Yale: myǒw)
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Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
秒 (eumhun 초 초 (cho cho))
- Hanja form? of 초 (“the SI unit of time, second”).
- Hanja form? of 초 (“(geometry) a second of arc”).
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
秒: Hán Nôm readings: miểu, sao
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