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Translingual
Han character
藐 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿月竹山 (TBHU) or 難廿月竹山 (XTBHU), four-corner 44216, composition ⿱艹貌)
- to ignore, to slight, to disregard
- to contemn, to disdain
Synonyms
Antonyms
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1064, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32267
- Dae Jaweon: page 1529, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3314, character 11
- Unihan data for U+85D0
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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貌
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*mreːwɢs
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皃
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*mreːwɢs, *mreːwɢ
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藐
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*mawʔ, *mraːwɢ
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邈
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*mraːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mawʔ, *mraːwɢ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 貌 (OC *mreːwɢs).
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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藐
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藐
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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8934
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8936
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Phonetic component
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皃
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皃
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Rime group
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宵
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藥
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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眇
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邈
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Old Chinese
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/*mawʔ/
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/*mraːwɢ/
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Definitions
藐
- † small; young
- † to look down on; to think little of
- † Alternative form of 邈 (miǎo, “faraway; distant”)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
藐
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
藐 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo, Yale myo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
藐: Hán Nôm readings: miểu, diểu, miệu
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