Chinese Character 藐 Meanings and components.

Form

藐

Meaning

藐 meaning[3] in English

To Despise.

Small.

Variant Of 渺[Miao3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 藐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and appearance (貌)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with TBHU

How to write 藐

To write藐miao3to despise you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 貌mao4appearance arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 貌 = 藐

藐 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

藐
Pinyin:miao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Despise . Small . Variant Of 渺[Miao3]
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
貌
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Appearance
豸
Pinyin:zhi4
Meaning[3]: Worm-Like Invertebrate . Mythical Animal (See 獬豸[Xie4 Zhi4]) . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 153)
皃
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 貌[Mao4]
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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