奈秒
nài​miǎo

nanosecond

奈 nài but

A man 大 with spirit 示

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big
示
示 Meaning component
shì show

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

捺萘

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnajHnˤa[t]-scope with
Zhengzhangnaːls
naːds
Unicodenɑ̀i

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

秒 miǎo second (time), beard of grain or corn

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
少
少 Sound component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmewʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“秒，禾芒也。从禾，少聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)