渺

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渺 U+6E3A, 渺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E3A
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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

simp. and trad.
 渺
alternative forms 淼 “vast”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觘 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
抄 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
鈔 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
訬 *sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
炒 *sʰroːʔ
吵 *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
耖 *sm̥ʰreːws
仯 *sm̥ʰreːws
眇 *mewʔ
渺 *mewʔ
杪 *mewʔ
秒 *mewʔ
篎 *mewʔ, *mews
妙 *mews
玅 *mews
釥 *sm̥ʰewʔ
小 *smewʔ
少 *hmjewʔ, *hmjews
麨 *m̥ʰjewʔ
尠 *senʔ, *smos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mewʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 眇 (OC *mewʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 渺
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 亡沼切
Baxter mjiewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/miᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mjæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/miawX/
Li
Rong 		/miɛuX/
Wang
Li 		/mĭɛuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		miǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		miu5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 渺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		miǎo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjiewX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ewʔ/
English vast (of water)

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 渺
Reading # 1/1
No. 13695
Phonetic
component 		小
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		眇
Old
Chinese 		/*mewʔ/

Definitions

渺

  1. (of water) vast; boundless; endlessly long; expansive
  2. (alt. form 眇) tiny; insignificant
  3. vague; indistinct; uncertain
  4. (obsolete) the number 10-11

Compounds

See also

Chinese historical small numbers
Value Character Notes
10-1 分 (fèn) Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10-2 厘 (lí), 釐 (lí) Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10-3 毫 (háo) Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo).
10-4 絲 / 丝 (sī) Rarely used today.
秒 (miǎo) Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10-5 忽 (hū) Rarely used today.
10-6 微 (wēi) Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10-7 纖 / 纤 (xiān) Obsolete.
10-8 沙 (shā) Obsolete.
10-9 塵 / 尘 (chén) Obsolete. 納 / 纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-.
10-10 埃 (āi) Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m).
10-11 渺 (miǎo) Obsolete.
10-12 漠 (mò) Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.

Japanese

Kanji

渺

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. boundless, vast

Readings

  • Go-on: みょう (myō)
  • Kan-on: びょう (byō)
  • Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 渺い)、はるか (haruka, 渺か)
  • Nanori: ひろ (hiro)

Adjective

Kanji in this term
渺
びょう
Hyōgai
kan'on

渺(びょう) • (byō) †-tari (adnominal 渺(びょう)とした (byō to shita) or 渺(びょう)たる (byō taru), adverbial 渺(びょう)と (byō to) or 渺(びょう)として (byō to shite))

  1. (obsolete) boundless, limitless, vast, broad (usually in reference to water, such as the sea)
  2. (obsolete) extremely tiny

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "渺たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 渺たら べうたら beutara
Continuative (連用形) 渺と
渺たり		 べうと
べうたり		 beuto
beutari
Terminal (終止形) 渺たり べうたり beutari
Attributive (連体形) 渺たる べうたる beutaru
Realis (已然形) 渺たれ べうたれ beutare
Imperative (命令形) 渺たれ べうたれ beutare
Key constructions
Negative 渺たらず べうたらず beutarazu
Contrasting conjunction 渺たれど べうたれど beutaredo
Causal conjunction 渺たれば べうたれば beutareba
Conditional conjunction 渺たらば べうたらば beutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 渺たりき べうたりき beutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 渺たりけり べうたりけり beutarikeri
Adverbial 渺と べうと beuto
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

Derived terms

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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