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Chinese
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vague; remote
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small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
| trad. (渺小/藐小/眇小)
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渺/藐/眇
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小
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| simp. (渺小)
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渺
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小
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| alternative forms
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杪小
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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渺
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小
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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miǎo
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xiǎo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ mjiewX ›
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‹ sjewX ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ewʔ/
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/*ewʔ/
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| English
|
vast (of water)
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small
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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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小
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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13695
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13705
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Phonetic
component
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小
|
小
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Rime
group
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宵
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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眇
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小
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Old
Chinese
|
/*mewʔ/
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/*smewʔ/
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| Notes
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|
甲金文象沙而指小，
指事字
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Adjective
渺小
- minute; tiny; paltry; negligible; insignificant
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