Character: 妙
Modern (Beijing) reading: miào
Preclassic Old Chinese: mews
Classic Old Chinese: mewh
Western Han Chinese: mjawh
Eastern Han Chinese: mjawh
Early Postclassic Chinese: mjèw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mjèw
Late Postclassic Chinese: mjèw
Middle Chinese: mjèw
English meaning : strange, supernatural; beautiful [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) хитроумный; хитрый, тонкий; искусный; 2) сокровенный, тайный; секрет; искусство; 3) прекрасно, прелестно, великолепно; интересный; превосходный; 4) молодой
Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is diệu. For *m cf. Xiamen biau6, Chaozhou miǝu6, Fuzhou mieu6.
Radical: 38
Four-angle index: 4068
Karlgren code: 1158 b
Vietnamese reading: miều
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