妙

miào

m+iào·4th tone

clever · wonderful

Radical: 女 Strokes: 7 HSK 6

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸娘奴婆姑婚

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸娘奴婆姑婚妆娇始

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Character Decomposition

妙=女+少

Etymology

woman

Meanings

clever

wonderful

miào

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Words with 妙 256 total

exquisite · fine and delicate (usu. of works of art)精妙jīng miào (of a turn of events) not too encouraging · far from good · anything but reassuring不妙bù miào wonderful · beautiful (calligraphy)佳妙jiā miào extremely elegant隽妙juàn miào talented, gifted or ingenious writing妙笔miào bǐ

Idioms with 妙 57 total Chain

brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom); bag of tricks · fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag)锦囊妙计jǐn náng miào jì