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Kanji Detail for 藐 - "small, distant, belittle"

  • Meaning

    藐 means "small, distant, belittle."

    1. Small - Tiny; faint.

    2. Distant - Far away.

    3. Belittle - To look down upon.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    make light of; far away; beautiful

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    disregard, slight, disdain

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to despise; small; variant of 渺[miao3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to despise, to disdain; to disregard, to slight

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

    A small appearance. Such as saying 藐諸孤 (the small orphans). Appears in the Zuo Zhuan. Meaning many small children. | A distant appearance. Such as 悠藐 (far and vague) | To look down upon. Mencius says "When speaking to great men, look down on them." | 藐藐. The appearance of not getting along. The Book of Odes says "Listening to me with disdain." The above are mostly read as 眇. | Beautiful. The Book of Odes says "When completed, it is beautiful." Read Entering tone.
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