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杪

miǎo

Character

What 杪 means

1. the limit
2. tip of branch

Words containing 杪

• 月杪yuè miǎolast few days of the month

Characters built on 少

These share the phonetic component 少 (shǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 秒miǎosecond (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (colloquial) instantly
• 妙miàoclever; wonderful
• 眇miǎoblind in one eye; blind; tiny

Sounds the same

Read miǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 秒second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (colloquial) instantly
• 渺(of an expanse of water) vast; distant and indistinct; tiny or insignificant
• 藐to despise; small; variant of 渺
• 邈profound; remote
• 淼a flood; infinity
• 缈used in 缥缈
• 眇blind in one eye; blind; tiny