Unicode: U+5999

Pinyin: miào

Definition

* 美,好。 ~语。~不可言。美~。~境。~处( chù )(①好的地点;②美妙的方面)。绝~。~趣横生。 * 奇巧,神奇。 巧~。~计。~用。奥~。~笔生花。灵丹~药。 * 青春年少。 ~年。~龄

mysterious, subtle; exquisite

Structure

妙 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC