miǎo

a wide expanse of water

Water  everywhere

Components

Meaning component
shuǐ water
Meaning component
shuǐ water
Meaning component
shuǐ water

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmewʔ
Unicodemiɛ̌u

說文解字

大水也。从三水。或作渺。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica