渺茫 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

miǎománg

remote

miǎo endlessly long

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

water

眇 Sound component

miǎo, miào blind in one eye

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mjiewX	[m]ewʔ	vast (of water)
Zhengzhang		mewʔ
Unicode	miɛ̌u

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang

máng, māng vast

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

grass

汒 Sound component

máng, mǎng

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		maːŋ
Unicode	mɑng

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang