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眇

miǎo

Character

What 眇 means

1. blind in one eye
2. blind
3. tiny
4. humble
5. to stare

Words starting with 眇

• 眇眇miǎo miǎosublime; solitary; distant or remote
• 眇小miǎo xiǎovariant of 渺小

Words containing 眇

• 杳眇yǎo miǎovariant of 杳渺

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
• 杪miǎothe limit; tip of branch

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
• 杪the limit; tip of branch