Chinese Character 妙 Meanings and components.

Form

妙

Meaning

妙 meaning[3] in English

Clever.

Wonderful.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 妙 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and few (少)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VFH

How to write 妙

To write妙miao4clever you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 少shao3few arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 少 = 妙

妙 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 妙 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 妙, looks as follow:

妙
Pinyin:miao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Clever . Wonderful
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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