毫秒
háo​miǎo

millisecond

毫 háo fine hair

Phonosemantic compound. 毛 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.

Components

高
高 SoundRemnant component
gāo high
毛
毛 Meaning component
máo, mao hair

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthaw[g]ˤaw fine animal hair

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
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)