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Kanji Detail for 妙 - "marvelous"

妙

  • Meaning

    妙 means "marvelous." Also associated with extremely beautiful, young.

    1. Marvelous - Extremely skillful and excellent.

    2. Extremely beautiful - Exquisitely lovely.

    3. Young - Of young age.

    4. Strange - Unusual; mysterious.

  • Words using 妙

    • 微妙 びみょう Listen subtle; delicate; fine
    • 奇妙 きみょう Listen strange; odd; peculiar
    • 巧妙 こうみょう Listen ingenious; skillful; clever
    • 絶妙 ぜつみょう Listen exquisite; superb; perfect
    • 神妙 しんみょう Listen meek; quiet; docile
    • 軽妙 けいみょう Listen light and easy; lambent; clever

  • Four-character idioms with 妙

    • 当意即妙 とういそくみょう Listen ready wit; repartee
    • 神機妙算 しんきみょうさん Listen inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
    • 軽妙洒脱 けいみょうしゃだつ Listen witty; smart and polished

  • Tattoo check: 妙

    • Verified meaning: marvelous
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たえ, みょう)
    • Also carries these associations: extremely beautiful, young

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 妙

    Given names 妙(たえ)Listen

    Surnames 妙(みょう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    exquisite; strange; queer; mystery; miracle; excellent; delicate; charming

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mysterious, subtle; exquisite

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    clever; wonderful

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Wondrous. Meaning exquisitely ingenious beyond imagination. | Youth is also called 妙年. See (Du Fu's poetry).

  • Onyomi

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    byoh(ビョウ) ビョウ

    myoh(ミョウ) ミョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tae(たえ) たえ

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    marvelous extremely beautiful young skillful strange unusual wonderful mysterious amazing curious elegant excellent exceptional extraordinary gorgeous exquisite

Sentences including 妙

  • His story is strange , but it's believable.

  • What a queer story !

  • This is a very strange letter.

  • A strange thing happened last night.

  • It may sound strange , but it is true.

  • She gave a narrative of her strange experience.

  • There was something strange about her.

  • Strange to say , she suddenly disappeared.

  • They saw a strange animal there.

  • How did such a strange thing come about?

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