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缈

miǎo

Character Traditional 緲

What 缈 means

1. used in {缥缈|piāo miǎo}

Words containing 缈

• 虚无缥缈xū wú piāo miǎoillusory; imaginary; fanciful
• 缥缈piāo miǎovariant of 飘渺
• 飘缈piāo miǎovariant of 飘渺

Characters that look like 缈

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 渺miǎo(of an expanse of water) vast; distant and indistinct; tiny or insignificant
• 雏chú(bound form) chick; young bird
• 徘páiused in 徘徊
• 绯fēidark red; purple silk
• 绺liǔskein; tuft; lock

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
• 眇blind in one eye; blind; tiny
• 杪the limit; tip of branch

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read miǎo correctly.
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