miǎo

blind in one eye

Too small  to be seen by the naked eye 

Components
目 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

eye

少 meaning component

  Meaning component

shǎoshào

  

few

Evolution

眇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
眇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

miǎo

blind in one eye; minute, minuscule; blind; tiny; humble; to stare

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[m]ewʔ

mjiewX

miǎo

very small, minute


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5993rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+7707

Shuowen

“眇,一目小也。从目,从少,少亦聲。”


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