妙(miào)

HSK 67 strokes

clever

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Character information

Pinyin
miào
Meaning
clever; wonderful
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 妙 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰女少

In this compound, the meaning comes from 女 (woman); 少 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

女nǚ少shǎo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 妙 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 妙

Common words using 妙 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qí奇miào妙
HSK 6

wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange

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qiǎo巧miào妙
HSK 6

ingenious; clever

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wēi微miào妙
HSK 7-9

subtle

Open 微妙 page →
bù不miào妙

(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reas…

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jiā佳miào妙

wonderful; beautiful (calligraphy)

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qí奇sī思miào妙xiǎng想

an unconventional but wonderful idea

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ào奥miào妙

marvelous

Open 奥妙 page →
miào妙bù不kě可yán言

too wonderful for words

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Related characters

More HSK 6 characters

丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 妙’s common words

奇巧微不佳思想奥

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