Read Edit View history Discussion 妙 miào HSK6 mysterious Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas miào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 妙 Simp strokes 妙 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 妙 Simp strokes 妙 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 妙 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 287, 807 ], [ 312, 788 ], [ 333, 754 ], [ 291, 540 ], [ 236, 344 ], [ 253, 322 ], [ 398, 218 ], [ 417, 191 ], [ 426, 156 ] ], [ [ 398, 541 ], [ 416, 526 ], [ 432, 501 ], [ 396, 352 ], [ 369, 283 ], [ 331, 221 ], [ 283, 170 ], [ 204, 111 ], [ 137, 81 ] ], [ [ 48, 434 ], [ 98, 412 ], [ 193, 441 ], [ 379, 485 ], [ 388, 496 ] ], [ [ 623, 803 ], [ 638, 795 ], [ 668, 762 ], [ 662, 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447 36 438 Q 32 425 40 417 Q 59 399 89 378 Q 99 374 111 381 Q 171 415 243 431 L 286 442 Q 364 467 393 473 C 422 480 423 509 394 503 Z", "M 612 796 Q 657 727 641 462 Q 635 402 649 373 Q 650 370 652 367 Q 662 351 678 360 Q 693 373 685 469 Q 685 712 710 761 Q 716 771 704 784 Q 680 803 651 813 Q 635 822 619 816 Q 606 810 612 796 Z", "M 533 582 Q 517 528 490 480 Q 472 450 493 419 Q 500 403 519 416 Q 564 455 561 531 Q 564 562 555 583 Q 551 590 544 591 Q 537 590 533 582 Z", "M 795 588 Q 853 554 926 501 Q 945 485 962 483 Q 971 483 977 495 Q 986 511 964 552 Q 940 603 789 619 Q 779 623 780 610 Q 781 597 795 588 Z", "M 754 463 Q 755 289 568 112 Q 564 109 561 106 Q 509 54 381 -32 Q 372 -39 379 -44 Q 388 -48 400 -43 Q 587 20 688 160 Q 743 227 798 345 Q 817 379 839 413 Q 849 423 843 435 Q 837 448 804 470 Q 780 486 769 484 Q 754 481 754 463 Z" ] } 7 strokes 妙 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 287, 807 ], [ 312, 788 ], [ 333, 754 ], [ 291, 540 ], [ 236, 344 ], [ 253, 322 ], [ 398, 218 ], [ 417, 191 ], [ 426, 156 ] ], [ [ 398, 541 ], [ 416, 526 ], [ 432, 501 ], [ 396, 352 ], [ 369, 283 ], [ 331, 221 ], [ 283, 170 ], [ 204, 111 ], [ 137, 81 ] ], [ [ 48, 434 ], [ 98, 412 ], [ 193, 441 ], [ 379, 485 ], [ 388, 496 ] ], [ [ 623, 803 ], [ 638, 795 ], [ 668, 762 ], [ 662, 473 ], [ 668, 371 ] ], [ [ 544, 580 ], [ 537, 520 ], [ 510, 448 ], [ 507, 425 ] ], [ [ 792, 607 ], [ 912, 554 ], [ 941, 529 ], [ 960, 500 ] ], [ [ 772, 466 ], [ 795, 424 ], [ 792, 414 ], [ 739, 287 ], [ 678, 191 ], [ 615, 117 ], [ 550, 60 ], [ 476, 9 ], [ 385, -39 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 354 214 Q 421 151 424 150 Q 433 150 439 161 Q 446 171 442 202 Q 436 238 386 265 L 344 290 Q 316 308 277 328 Q 256 338 259 360 Q 272 400 286 442 L 298 482 Q 323 572 345 664 Q 354 712 373 737 Q 385 759 378 771 Q 363 790 317 816 Q 296 829 280 820 Q 267 813 277 796 Q 313 742 253 473 L 243 431 Q 233 391 215 359 Q 205 337 225 320 Q 277 289 317 249 Q 318 249 319 247 L 354 214 Z", "M 319 247 Q 253 154 133 88 Q 120 79 131 76 Q 191 70 280 139 Q 328 173 354 214 L 386 265 Q 413 311 427 368 Q 451 461 471 493 Q 481 511 466 521 Q 423 560 395 554 Q 382 550 386 535 Q 393 520 394 503 L 393 473 Q 392 457 388 439 Q 382 384 344 290 L 319 247 Z", "M 394 503 Q 346 493 298 482 L 253 473 Q 183 461 110 447 Q 88 443 51 447 Q 38 447 36 438 Q 32 425 40 417 Q 59 399 89 378 Q 99 374 111 381 Q 171 415 243 431 L 286 442 Q 364 467 393 473 C 422 480 423 509 394 503 Z", "M 612 796 Q 657 727 641 462 Q 635 402 649 373 Q 650 370 652 367 Q 662 351 678 360 Q 693 373 685 469 Q 685 712 710 761 Q 716 771 704 784 Q 680 803 651 813 Q 635 822 619 816 Q 606 810 612 796 Z", "M 533 582 Q 517 528 490 480 Q 472 450 493 419 Q 500 403 519 416 Q 564 455 561 531 Q 564 562 555 583 Q 551 590 544 591 Q 537 590 533 582 Z", "M 795 588 Q 853 554 926 501 Q 945 485 962 483 Q 971 483 977 495 Q 986 511 964 552 Q 940 603 789 619 Q 779 623 780 610 Q 781 597 795 588 Z", "M 754 463 Q 755 289 568 112 Q 564 109 561 106 Q 509 54 381 -32 Q 372 -39 379 -44 Q 388 -48 400 -43 Q 587 20 688 160 Q 743 227 798 345 Q 817 379 839 413 Q 849 423 843 435 Q 837 448 804 470 Q 780 486 769 484 Q 754 481 754 463 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.